PHP & MYSQL on localhost

Hello there.

I'm getting into php and mysql now however i am going to be offline for a number of days. So im wanting to setup php and mysql on my pc to run localhost so i can work on things offline.

Is there a link that installs php and mysql? I cant find my old resources that enabled me to do this but any new fresh links that is free to install localhost and allow me to run it perfectly and correctly it would be more than appreciated.


Regards

Easiest way to go about it would be to install "WAMP Server", which has apache, PHP & MySQL included.

http://www.wampserver.com/

Or, if you want an alternative to WAMP Server, I recommend EasyPHP...

http://www.appservnetwork.com/

Just used it the other day, worked fine.

Just download and install in your chosen directory.

Andy! That's the one i was looking for. That's superb! I couldn't rememer the name of it i had it previously installed on another pc before i formatted it. Excellent. Thanks everybody, they all do the job but Andy's link was the perfect exact one i'm used to and looking for.


Highly appreciated for your replies. Cheers

I recently installed WAMP, but when i try to access a test file (test.php) via http://localhost/test.php which includes a simple echo statement it doesn't echo. I get a blank white page, however if i view the source the php source code is there.

Really odd.

That is odd Jeff, sounds like something isn't configured properly..

Any idea what it might be?

thanks guys, I needed this aswell.

Originally Posted by Jambo Andy! That's the one i was looking for. That's superb! I couldn't rememer the name of it i had it previously installed on another pc before i formatted it. Excellent. Thanks everybody, they all do the job but Andy's link was the perfect exact one i'm used to and looking for. Highly appreciated for your replies. Cheers

No problem, Gareth sent me there.

Jeff are you sure apache is turned on?