PHP must run without the support of the server, what is the server? Popular speaking is on a computer, install a server software, this computer can be called a server, Server software and the computer itself is the operating system is not the same, the computer's own operating system can be Linux, Unix, Windows or MacOS, The service software can also be Apache (PHP), Tomcat (java/jsp), IIS (ASP).
PHP mainly uses the Apache server, the main site building combination of lamp (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), Windows integrated server Software for Wamp (Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP). In addition, there are some other PHP server software, such as Germany's LIGHTTPD, Russia's nginx.
In their own learning, the main use of the Apache server, so here is mainly about the Apache service download and installation. Download Apache server, you can download it on the official website http://httpd.apache.org.
(a) The process of downloading Apache on official website
(1) Apache homepage
(2) Right select different version download
(3) Go to the download page
(4) Depending on the platform, select the appropriate version, here Select the Windows platform
(5) Using a third party platform, download the required version, here we directly click on the first
Finally, select the corresponding version number to download.
(ii) configuration of Apache servers
After the Apache server download is complete, unzip it.
(1) Download the installation package
(2) Put the file into the directory you want to place, here we choose to put down the e-disk under
Note that here we change the name of the folder, you cannot start the Apache server, the method is modified as follows:
1. Open the Httpd.cof file (under E:\Apache\conf, this is my, place different location, then the file location is different)
(2) Modify directory location
Find the code:
Define srvroot "E:/apache24"
ServerRoot "${srvroot}"
Modified to:
Define srvroot "E:/apache"//change according to the name of the folder
ServerRoot "${srvroot}"
(iii) Apache Server start-up
After the Apache server is configured, we can start the server, there are three ways to start the Apache server in Windows,
1. Using Windows Startup
Turn on Computer Management, locate the Apache service item, select the appropriate action (start, stop, restart) when you right-click
2. Start with command line
First, jump to Apache under the bin directory
(3) Use the Apache server's own windows to open
Locate the ApacheMonitor.exe in the bin directory, open
To this end, the Apache server download, install, start all finished.
Note: for the purpose of each file under the Apache server, as shown in:
This version is a bit old, but basically similar, Apache folder not much change!!
Two Download and installation of Apache server