Is there a way to have Personal Web Server on XP- Home?

[Uncle Grumpy]

Is there a way to have Personal Web Server on XP- Home?

nope

 

[aa]

Is there a way to have Personal Web Server on XP- Home?

 

[aa]

Thanks. Perhaps there is something else which would allow running PHP or
ASP?

 

[John Waller]

Thanks. Perhaps there is something else which would allow running PHP or

ASP?

You can run Apache and use PHP.

Perhaps the easiest method is to use WAMP (Windows, Apache, MySql, PHP)
http://www.wampserver.com/en/

 

[PW]

Follow this article. its tells you home to install PWS and has a link where
to get it from ...

http://www.webmonkey.com//backend/databases/tutorials/tutorial3.html

 

[aa]

Apache it not that easy to install as PWS is. Besides PWS used to come with
ealier Windows versions like 98 and 2000. So there is nothing functionally
like PWS in XP-Home?

 

[Marcus Tettmar]

Apache it not that easy to install as PWS is. Besides PWS used to come with
ealier Windows versions like 98 and 2000.

Try EasyPHP - Apache/MySQL/PHP in an easy to install package:
http://www.easyphp.org/

Kind Regards,
Marcus Tettmar
http://www.mjtnet.com/ - Windows Automation Solutions

 

[John Waller]

Follow this article. its tells you home to install PWS and has a link

where to get it from ...

It's a good, but dated, tutorial but it doesn't apply to Windows XP (Home or
Pro).

PWS has been discontinued in favour of IIS.

 

[John Waller]

Apache it not that easy to install as PWS is.

Have you tried WAMP?

It's as easy as it gets.

So there is nothing functionally

like PWS in XP-Home?

Not from Microsoft, no.

 

[aa]

Thanks, it's a very good article - actually I read it heavily when I was
designing my first DB-based website some years ago.

 

[aa]

I do not need PWS per ce, I need something which would allow to run ASP on
my local XP-Home.
In my XP-Home installation CD there is no IIS. Can I download a version
installable on XP-Home?

 

[John Waller]

I do not need PWS per ce, I need something which would allow to run ASP on

my local XP-Home.

PWS is defunct.

You need XP Pro with IIS.

In my XP-Home installation CD there is no IIS. Can I download a version
installable on XP-Home?

No, no, no and...no.

You mentioned in an earlier thread that PHP was also a possibility for you?

Or are you definitely needing ASP?

 

[aa]

You mentioned in an earlier thread that PHP was also a possibility for
you?

Or are you definitely needing ASP?

does not matter. Matters the ease of getting and installing. PHP works on
PWS.
But if you mean using PHP on Apache - installing Apache scares me off.
I've never installed it, but just reading about installing Apache/PHP
procedure makes me feel uncomfortable :-(

 

[aa]

Thanks, Marcus, from your experience, what version would you reccomend?

 

[aa]

Nope, but now I shall read about it. Thanks

Have you tried WAMP?

 

[Marcus Tettmar]

Thanks, Marcus, from your experience, what version would you reccomend?

I would go with the latest stable release - 1.8.

 

[aa]

Thanks a lot

 

[Tim Slattery]

But if you mean using PHP on Apache - installing Apache scares me off.
I've never installed it, but just reading about installing Apache/PHP
procedure makes me feel uncomfortable :-(

I can't understand that at all. It's dead easy to install. I've got it
running on my laptop (XP Home) to debug web stuff. It runs Perl CGI
programs effortlessly. It will run PHP also.

 

[Tim Slattery]

Thanks. Perhaps there is something else which would allow running PHP or
ASP?

http://httpd.apache.org

 

[John Waller]

But if you mean using PHP on Apache - installing Apache scares me off.

I've never installed it, but just reading about installing Apache/PHP
procedure makes me feel uncomfortable :-(

There's nothing to be scared of.

You obviously haven't tried WAMP.

It's a simple point and click process with a friendly icon in your system
tray once installed.