PHP server

[Roger Johansson]

I want to try to run the wikipedia software locally
in my computer. For this I need a web server with php.

Any freeware alternatives?

 

[gluedtothescreen]

http://www.easyphp.org/?lang=en

 

[Gene H. Chan]

I want to try to run the wikipedia software locally
in my computer. For this I need a web server with php.

Any freeware alternatives?

I use Abyss Web Server X1, Version 2 (see http://www.aprelium.com/) with
PHP, Version 4.3.10 (see http://www.php.net/downloads.php). Both are free.
Abyss Web Server is easy (just about trivial) to configure and run, unlike
Apache. Running PHP with Abyss is similarly easy to set up.

 

[Demetris]

I want to try to run the wikipedia software locally
in my computer. For this I need a web server with php.

Any freeware alternatives?

See a table of preconfigured WAMP packages (Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
at Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WAMPs

Uniform Server also runs from keydrives (for 98/ME support, wait for the
forthcoming v. 3.3). Another WAMP that runs from keydrives is WOS
(Webserver On Stick):

http://www.chsoftware.net/de/useware/wos/wos.htm

Greetings,
Demetris

 

[MLC]

giovedì 20 ottobre 2005 Roger Johansson ha scritto:

I want to try to run the wikipedia software locally
in my computer. For this I need a web server with php.

Any freeware alternatives?

WAMP5
http://www.wampserver.com/en/download.php
Very easy to setup. Doesn't work with Windows 98, Me.

 

[Roger Johansson]

http://www.easyphp.org/?lang=en

Thanks, to all who replied.

I installed this package, got it running happily,
in my win98se system.

I found out how to look at it with my browser,
http://localhost/index.php

Then I stopped the servers, and moved the
wikimedia software into the www folder,
overwriting the example index.php there.

Restarted the servers and refreshed the
http://localhost/index.php page in my browser.

Everything seems to work, and I am now in the
wikimedia setup section.

 

[wald]

Abyss Web Server is easy (just about trivial) to configure
and run, unlike Apache.

I'm not pretending Apache is easy, but it's no rocket technology
either. The Windows installer gives you a fully functional web
server, with a secure default configuration.

Once you get tweaking, you will need some further reading, but then
again, there are tons of Apache tutorials on the web...

Regards,
Wald