For this tutorial I used this setup:

• Windows XP Pro - SP2
• Apache 2.2.9 for win32
• ActivePerl 5.8.8
• PHP 5.2
• MySQL 4.1
• And installed everything on C:\

For those wanting older versions, I have a PHP4, MySQL 4.0, Apache 2.0 tutorial.

These are how-to tutorials to give step by step instructions for installing, setting up, and configuring Apache2 web server, ActivePerl, PHP, and MySQL in Windows. A section is also included that tells you how to make your server accessible to the world, some info on firewalls, and a section on other types of servers (ftp, mail).

I'm not an expert, I'm just someone who saw a need for this tutorial so wrote down the steps I figured out from much trial-and-error. The original "Install Apache on Win32" tutorial I wrote went online November 6, 2000 and started with Apache 1.3.14 running on Windows 95.



For now the steps are:

1. Installing Apache for Win32
2. Installing Perl into CGI
3. Installing PHP
4. Installing MySQL
5. Releasing your server to the world
6. Other information on security, FTP servers, mail servers
7. FAQ on other info