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I used an installer that installs apache, php 5, phpmyadmin, sql-lite and some other stuff. I use it for doing php/mysql development with Dreamweaver. Install was quick and easy and it works. http://www.en.wampserver.com/

Thanks Chris

I've heard of this installer, and will go and find out more about it. I'm very happy if there is an easier way.

Paul

This was  a great help in configuring Apache 2 with PHP, in my case PHP 5. One comment that would make is that I had trouble with the path LoadModule php4_module “C:/php/sapi/php4apache2.dll” The PHP 5 version that I installed did not have a sapi folder. The alternative was to go this route LoadModule php5_module “C:/php/php5apache2.dll” which worked fine.

Great job Paul,

Bob Boisvert..SarJen Web Design

I have been searching the net for good guides covering this, and felt lost untill I stumbled across this easy, quick and, as of my opinion, the best tutorial on Apache / PHP configuring.

However, as I, as probably several others, are working with PHP here, we would most likely want the Apache server to use index.php as the first-choice index format.

Open httpd.conf and search for the line saying
DirectoryIndex index.html index.html.var

Replace this line with the following:
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.html.var

Thanks for your kind comments, Anders.

I agree about changing the DirectoryIndex line. I will include that in an update of this tutorial, and credit you for it.

I also suggest that the extension_dir line should be C:\php\extensions rather than just C:\php.