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How to configure Apache 2 and PHP 5 can be read on it’s installation manual, Iam here just want to make simplified the configuration by split it to few steps

This configuration have following notes

1. Your PHP5 installation are on the “c:\”
2. Your Apache server installation on “c:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2″.
3. Your Window Directory located on “C:\Windows”.
4. This installation Method using “Installing PHP as an Apache module” because this method was faster in performance.
5. This installation established on Windows platform, so if you on Unix especially Linux, just convert backslash “\” become “/”

So few changes may be should be taken when perform on different platform and installation directory

Configure Http.conf [Apache Web Server]

• Locate the installation folder of Apache Web server on typically like this “Apache Group/Apache2″ as default.
• Add “LoadModule php5_module c:/php”
• Because we are using Apache 2, we don’t need to add “php5_module”
• Locate the Addtype section and add on the first line “AddType application/x-httpd-php.php”.
• The rest configuration can be modified consider of your requirement.

Configure php.ini

This file was located on the PHP installation, there are two versions of PHP.INI file, “php.ini-dist” and “php.ini-recommended”, use “php.ini-recommended” then move it to your windows directory and rename it become “php.ini”, the default windows directory usually located on  “c:\Windows or c:\winnt”.

On the new and current php.ini, modify following lines with no double quote:

• Set “doc_root” to your “Apache Web Server documument root” => “doc_root = c:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs”
• Set “extension_dir” to “user_dir =C:\php5\ext“
• because we want to use mysql as the Database Server then uncomment the “;extension=php_mysql.dll” become “extension=php_mysql.dll” by deleting the semicolon mark, so if you would choose another Database Server then uncomment the appropriate module on the list.
• copy and paste the library that you want to use to “C:\Windows\System32” as default.

- The default files that you should to copy were : “fdftk.dll”, “fribidi.dll”,”msql.dll”,”libeay32.dll”,”gds32.dll”,”libmhash.dll”,”libmysql.dll” and “ntwdblib.dll”

At this point we dunno  whether the configuration  was working right or not ! so
create php file on “C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs” (depend on your web server directory)  and name it “phpinfo.php” and put this script “<?php phpinfo() ?>”. If the configuration was working right the screen will show up, by typing this address on the URL “http://localhost:80/phpinfo.php” depend on your port number on the configuration file that your already being made !!.

Php Version

Nb: This Screen will Tell us all setting configuration that already being made and definitely Your running PHP Version !