Install PHP

1. Download PHP version 5.2 - zip (Click here for the version we used)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Find the zip file, right-click (click using the right mouse button) on it, then click "Extract All..." - NOTE: "click" means to click with the left mouse button, "right-click" means to click with the right mouse button
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Click next
   
   
   
4. Change the extraction path to C:\PHP, then click next
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. Click finish
   
   
   
6. Open up the php configuration file - aka. "php.ini" - by double clicking on it
   
   
   
   
   
   
7. Add the following lines near the top:
   

   extension_dir=C:\PHP extension=php_mysql.dll

   
   
   
   
8. Save & exit
   
   
   
   
   
9. NOTE: for the next few steps, if you encounter the following screen, click "Show the contents of this folder"
   
   
   
10. Open my computer (in the Start menu), and follow the screenshots to libmysql.dll
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
11. Right-click on libmysql.dll, then click "Copy" with the left mouse button
    
    
    
    
    
12. Open my computer (in the Start menu) again, and follow the screenshots to system32
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
13. Double click on system32
    
    
    
14. Click Edit then paste
    
    
    
    
    
15. Edit the apache configuration files, and add the following lines:
    
    

    LoadModule php5_module "c:/php5apache2_2.dll" PHPIniDir "C:/php" SetHandler application/x-httpd-php

    
    
    
    
    
    
16. Save & exit
    
    
    
    
    
17. Test the configuration (if it looks like test configuration didn't work, then it was successful)
    
    
    
18. Restart apache