Well, I saw the tuts those guys had posted, and I decided to write a tut on my experiences with PHP, MySQL, and Apache on Win2k.

First off: You need to get the software. All 3 applications are free of charge and availible at the following websites:

Php - www.php.net
mySQL - www.mysql.org
Apache - www.apache.org

I downloaded all 3 of the applications, and chose to install Apache first.
The installation was an exe file and quite simple to install.

Next, I unzipped the PHP files into C:\php. From there I could start to work with the files.

Finally, I installed mySQL into C:\mysql.

And finally, I was ready for the real work.

**Configuring Apache**

First, I opened the httpd.conf file in the apache conf directory. This file stores the configuration for the Apache web server. There I edited it in several places to be able to recognize and use the PHP. Here are the lines I added to httpd.conf.

LoadModule php4_module C:/php/sapi/php4apache.dll
AddModule mod_php4.c

DirectoryIndex index.php index.htm index.html (I added index.php in)

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
# AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php.exe"

**Configuring PHP**

First thing I did was copy php4ts.dll from the C:\php directory to C:\WINNT\System32. Second, I copied the mibs directory in C:\php to C:\usr.

And lastly, I opened php.ini-recommended, edited it to my configuration, and placed it into the C:\WINNT directory. I set the doc_root to my Apache htdocs directory.

**Configuring mySQL**

Finally, I simply browsed to C:\mysql\bin directory and opened up the mysqladmin proggie. From there, I used their built in GUI manager to set my admin password on the database.

**Final Notes**

If I have missed something, (or messed something up) let me know by PM or otherwise (IRC, ect.) This worked for me.

Hope this helps everyone!

- ura