To configure your system:

1.

Make sure you have a web server (see 

 Checking for a web server 

(Windows)  on page 304

).

2.

Install the PHP application server (see 

 Installing a PHP application 

server (Windows)  on page 304

).

3.

Test your installation (see 

 Testing the PHP installation (Windows)  

on page 306

).

4.

Create a root folder (see

 Creating a root folder (Windows)  

on page 308

). 

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Installing the web server and application server are one time only tasks.

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Checking for a web server (Windows) 

To develop and test dynamic web pages, you need a web server. A web 

server is software that serves web pages in response to requests from web 

browsers.

Make sure Microsoft IIS is installed and running on your hard disk or on a 

remote Windows computer. A quick way to check whether IIS is installed 

on a computer is to look at the folder structure to see whether it contains a 

C:\Inetpub or D:\Inetpub folder. IIS create this folder during installation.

If IIS is not installed, install it now. For instructions, see 

 Installing a Web 

Server  on page 231

.

After installing the web server, install the application server. 

Installing a PHP application server (Windows) 

To process dynamic web pages, you need an application server. An 

application server is software that helps a web server process web pages 

containing server side scripts or tags. When such a page is requested by a 

browser, the web server hands the page off to the application server for 

processing before sending the page to the browser. For more information, 

see 

 Understanding Web Applications  on page 217

. 

Make sure the PHP application server is installed and running on the 

system running IIS. (IIS may be located on your hard disk or on a remote 

Windows computer.) You can download and install it from the PHP 

website at 

www.php.net/downloads.php

. 

304 Setup for Sample PHP Site