Install PHP, MySQL, phpMyAdmin on Windows 95/98/nt

into your c:\php directory, there is a file called Php.ini-dist, which is the configuration file for PHP.

Rename the php.ini-dist, change it to php.ini and copy it to the C:/xxxx directory.
C:/xxxx is the directory in which your Windows resides

Use your favorite file editor (preferably support Win32 long file name format, such as edit, UltraEdit, etc.)
Open PHP.ini Edit it

There is a extension_dir=./which is to place the php*. Directory of DLL files
Some tutorials need to be changed, because we use Apache, and there is no php*. DLL file to
System directory. Therefore, this item does not need to change here.

In the Windows Extensions column has some dynamic connection library, sees your need to change
Here, we are using MySQL.
So, we will extension=php_mysql.dll front of the ";" Remove
This allows the MySQL function library to run.

Find the [MySQL] bar, which has several items that need to be modified, as follows:

Mysql.default_port = 3306

Mysql.default_host = localhost

Mysql.default_user = Root

The above italic, bold text is what you want to enter.

Unzip the phpMyAdmin to the C:\admin directory

Configure phpmyadmin_2.0.5
Find the Config.inc.php3 file under C:\admin
Modify the following from line 10th
$cfgServers [1][' host '] = ' localhost ';
$cfgServers [1][' port '] = ' 3306 ';
$cfgServers [1][' adv_auth '] = false;
$cfgServers [1][' stduser '] = ' root ';
$cfgServers [1][' stdpass '] = ';
$cfgServers [1][' user '] = ' root ';
$cfgServers [1][' password '] = ';
$cfgServers [1][' only_db '] = ';
$cfgServers [1][' verbose '] = ';

Modify Line 65th
Require ("english.inc.php3");
For require ("chinese_gb.inc.php3");
Save this file.

All right! It's OK to be here, if you want to configure it in detail.