problems installing apache and php

[Aquilonian]

Hi All
I was folowing this kirupa's tutorial
www.kirupa.com/web/apache_php3.html
to install this damn php and apache to learn this php thing, i dont know whats happen but its not working
I mean, in the end it loads html that is inside the stldocs folder, but gives a error when it comes with php
It may be because when i was installing php i didnt click in 'let php configure apache'?
Also, i could not find the files it tells us to download, so i get a newest version of those, something in the httpd file has to be diferent for that?
I am completely lost, i dont want to be an expert in handle web servers, all i want is to test my php and mysql scripts
Also, english is not my first language, so i apologize for any mistake
Thanks in advance

[Aquilonian]

One more thing, when he says 'change the chmod in windows, go to properties, security...'
i could not find this
I am using win xp

[Zaid_W1red]

Dude just go to http://www.easyphp.org and install that ....unless you've set out to learn specifically how to install and config the individual application, this will give you an instant local development environment ;)

[chrisclick]

get WAMPServer : Link (http://www.wampserver.com/en/)

or xampp which istalls apache for you : Link (http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html)

[evildrummer]

WAMPserver is what I started on.

[Aquilonian]

And for that do i need to uninstall the php i already has intalled ?

[Zaid_W1red]

And for that do i need to uninstall the php i already has intalled ?
To be on the safe side I would ;)

[DaveMania]

I agree with the rest these peeps. WAMP has never let me down :D! (note: it can chew up some memory though)

[evildrummer]

Deleta and remove your current PHP and Appache etc and then just use wampserver, and then when you get REALLY good you can setup a custom appache PHP stystem

[Aquilonian]

Ok, thanks everyone,i will see what i can learn from this wamp server
Anyway, i deleted apache but could not find the php to delete in windows add/remove programs
The php i clicked 'install' is gone when i deleted apache?
I am afraid i will have troubles with wamp this way

[Aquilonian]

Besides, even with this wamp working, its better to fix that tutorial cos it makes a bad impression of this site

[evildrummer]

however you write those things theyre confusing, the software itself is confusing at first.

Ive still never done it, ive always used a linux server.

[Aquilonian]

I used to think apache was the server that cames with linux

[evildrummer]

it does most of the time, linux = OS, appache = web-server handler thingy

appache runs of linux, but linux servers are easy as most of them come with appache, PHP and MySQL set-up

[chrisclick]

Will you have problems if you do not get rid of the apache and php files?
YES
It will happen, it happend to me.

[Aquilonian]

Two more problems
1 could not find this php thing in 'uninstall programs' in windows, only found apache and unistaled it

2 I have instaled wamp but now i dont know what is the folder i must put my php files to teste them

[dalewb]

Aquilonian
Hey I am curious that it's been like 2 weeks and you have not updated your post. Did you solve your problems? I am writing because I am trying to learn how to use a web server and was reading through this post and.... it suddenly terminated without resolution

:cross-eye