Apache, PHP and MySQL - Installing and Configuring

Preparing the Environment I

To prepare our environment, to perform all of our proposed exercises, let's say that the drive chosen for this is drive C, D, F, H or another available drive letter.

In this tutorial we will generally use drive H.

ATTENTION

The activities proposed in the following pages of this tutorial are intended to describe the individual installation of each of the Server components.

Whenever necessary, we will indicate the port and version of the used components.

We will use the term GENERIC DISK or DISK H, to designate the HD used.

After choosing which disk to use, we started preparing the environment by creating the following folder at the root of it:

H:/WEB

This will be the folder designed to store all public and private contents, so it will be our future working environment.

H:/

Initially, create a folder at the root of the GENERIC DISK H:

H:/WEB

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H:/WEB

Create the following subfolders:

H:/WEB/adds

H:/WEB/img

H:/WEB/includes

H:/WEB/public_html

H:/WEB/SSL

H:/WEB/temp

H:/WEB/tmp

H:/WEB

Such subfolders will be intended for particular uses:

H:/WEB/adds

Private Environment

1. For general file storage.

H:/WEB/img

Private Environment

2. For storing image files in general.

H:/WEB/includes

Private Environment

3. Files that will be used as includes and require.

H:/WEB/public_html

Public Environment

4. Intended for files to be shown to the public.

H:/WEB/SSL

Private Environment

5. Designed to store security, SSL and similar files.

We will study SSL, (OpenSSL), in a specific chapter in this tutorial.

H:/WEB/temp

Private Environment

6. For storage of files which will be used temporarily and which can be deleted after use.

We will use this folder constantly during this tutorial.

H:/WEB/tmp

Private Environment

7. It is intended to store temporary files created by the system.

Sessions and the like.

Verifying that the environment is ready

These are necessary procedures to check if the environment:

Windows™

is properly prepared for the installation of the system:

Apache Server port 80

or

Apache Server port 81

and

PHP 7

or

PHP 8

and

MySQL Community Server

First Verification

In the start menu click on:

Windows System

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Second Verification

Then click on:

Control Panel

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Third Verification

When the

Control Panel

opens, click on

Uninstall a program

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Fourth Verification

Take it easy...
...you won't uninstall anything, just do a scan.

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If

Microsoft Visual C ++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x64)

and

Microsoft Visual C ++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x86)

are installed in your environment, very well, you can close the Windows command then opened, because the verification is finished.

If both are not installed in your environment, you will be able to download them and then proceed with the installations.

In order to do this, we provide the link below:

The website for downloading these distributions is owned by Microsoft™.

To install the two VC16 just use the usual procedure.

Once installed the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable, you can repeat the check for simple verification, nothing more.

Preparing the Environment II

These files are essential for testing and effectiveness of the set:

Apache Server

and

PHP

and

MySQL Community Server

Click on the link below to download a compressed file containing the basic files intended for this purpose.

WEB-temp.zip

This file should initially be unzipped in the folder:

H:/WEB/publc_html/

the files:

H:/WEB/publc_html/favicon.ico

and

H:/WEB/publc_html/index.php

and

H:/WEB/publc_html/info.php

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H:/WEB/public_html

This is the current configuration for this folder.

These files:

index.php

and

info.php

are basic and can be replaced with more complex versions.

These files, for the time being, are enough to test the functioning of the

Apache Server port 80

or

Apache Server port 81

and

PHP 7

or

PHP 8

This folder must pay special attention, as it will store all files shown to the public, our programming environment.

index.php

This file has the following format:




<!-- index.php -->


<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta  charset="utf-8">
<title>index php</title>
</head>

<?php 

echo "Works ";

?>
<body>
</body>
</html>

info.php

This file has the following format:




<?php 

// info.php 

phpinfo(); 

?>

favicon.ico

The favicon.ico file presents itself as a "cosmetic file" , not influencing the execution of any code.

If you want to keep it, you can then create your own favicon.ico.

At this point, we have the basics to proceed to the next step that deals with the installation of the PHP, Apache Server and MySQL Community Server system.

As we said before, we will call all elements of this system, simply: Server.

The procedures for installing this Server system will be seen below.

Downloading Components of Server