Installing Apache, mySQL, PHP and phpMyAdmin - on a stick
On a previous article i gave descriptions on how to install Apache, mySQL and phpMyAdmin to have you very own Web Server at home. This has become an easier task….
CH Software has a piece of software which is self installer for Apache, with php5 and mysql. On top of that, you can choose from a number of applications to install along with it. The following is a quick run through of how to get it up and running.
Click the following link to go to the download page, download.
You can become a premium member for a small donation, but for our purpose click “No thanks, take me to download”, then click the radio button marked “I do not have a WOS Portable II” and press go. You then have a choice of what you can install with the software.
To get a basic web server with mysql on it choose the following options from the Server Software box: Apache2, MySQL5 , PHP5. Then from the Applications software box choose PHPMyAdmin as a minimum, then what ever else you fancy. Then click Download.
Once downloaded, create folder called “web_server” on your C drive, and extract the files to it. double click on wos.exe and click through to install.
Once installed, a browser window will popup with a welcome message, and there you have it.
The www folder in the web_server folder is where all the web files are held, copy your own website in there and type http://localhost/[webpage/folder] to view them.
The Great thing about this software is (as I said in the title) that it can sit on a pen/flash drive and be used in any machine, just copy the web_server folder to your pen/flash drive and take it where you want.
