Installing APACHE, MYSQL

&
PHP
CS 2001 Internet Technologies

Part - B
Samantha Mathara Arachchi
E-mail:ssp@ucsc.cmb.ac.lk

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Feature in PHP
PHP is mainly focused on server-side scripting
There are three main fields where PHP scripts
are used
Server-side scripting
Command line scripting. You can make a
PHP script to run it without any server or
browser
Writing client-side GUI applications
PHP can be used on all major operating
systems, including Linux, many Unix variants
(including HP-UX, Solaris and OpenBSD),
Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, RISC OS
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Feature in PHP
with PHP, you have the freedom of choosing an
operating system and a web server
you are not limited to output HTML. PHP's
abilities includes outputting images, PDF files
and even Flash movies
PHP is its support for a wide range of databases
PHP also has support for talking to other
services using protocols such as LDAP, IMAP,
SNMP, NNTP, POP3, HTTP, COM
Free / Open source
Language syntax is similar to Perl, C, and
JavaScript.
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When will the script be

executed?
The PHP script will be executed in Web
server when the user requests the page.
IMPORTANT: Nothing will happen if you view
the page directly on local machine (by clicking
with mouse)!

The PHP script will be executed

sequentially from the top to the bottom.

Difference between JavaScript and PHP

JavaScript

PHP

Category

Client-side scripting language

Server-side scripting
language

Where it is executed

Web browser

Web server

When it is executed

When an event occurs (Eventdriven)

When user request the

page from Web server

Execution order

Non-sequential (Event driven)

Nothing happens if no
events

Sequential (Top to bottom)

Always executed

File extension

.html

.php

If you open the page

locally,
(by mouse click)
what will happen

Always executed just like the

Nothing happens
page from the Web (because
(because Web browser
it is client-side)
cannot execute the
script)

You must upload to a
PHP-enabled Web
server in order to see
the result
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PHP verses other tools

Feature

PHP

ASP

JSP

1) Ownership

Open source

Proprietory Microsoft

Open source

2) Language
Independence

Not Language
Independent

Language
Independent

Not Language
Independent

3) Database
Connectivity

Easy

Easy

Difficult - JDBC
knowledge

4) Session
Handling

Sessions
Serverside,
Independent of
cookies

Sessions Dependent
on cookies

Sessions Depend
on Servlets

5) Dependence
on other
Environments

Dependent on .Net
Independent of
or other Microsoft
other Environments
platform

Dependent on Java
Virtual Machine

Development process

Development process
IMPORTANT: Development process of PHP is
also different from JavaScript
Edit PHP code with text editor or HTML editor
(same as JavaScript)
If your local PC is the Web server, copy php files
into it
If youre using another Web server, upload the
file (.php) to it with FTP client
View the file with Web browser by entering URL
of the file
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Installing PHP
Click or double on click php-4.3.2-installer.exe
Welcome click
License Agreement - I Agree
Installation Type Standard
Choose Destination Location - choose current (C:\PHP ) Next
Mail Configuration

Please enter the address of your SMTP server (If you have a Mail server then
enter that name otherwise enter localhost )
Please enter the 'from' address for the mail function (If you have a real mail
account for this enter that otherwise keep default - me@localhost.com) Next

Server Type - Select the Apache Next

Start Installation -Next
OK
Run Apache
Finish

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Installing PHP
Installing & Configuring PHP
Where can it be obtained
http://www.php.net
Read related docs
http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.ph
p
Download PHP
http://www.php.net/downloads.php (From PHP
site)
php-4.3.6 (Local machine)
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To find php.ini configuration file

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Php.ini configuration file

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Configuration of Php.ini file

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To select htdocs folder..

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Configuring httpd.conf

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Where you can put your content

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Apache
The Apache is the most popular web server
Reports from netcraft.com indicate that
Apache and its derivatives
Apache does not run like a user application
Instead it runs behind the scenes
Providing services for other applications
Apache is designed to work over a network
Applications that talk to Apache can be on a
different machine
These applications are generally known as
clients

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Installing & configuring Apache

Where can it be obtained?
http://www.apache.org

Read related docs

http://httpd.apache.org/docs2.0/platform/windows.html

Download Apache
apache_2.0.49-win32-x86-no_ssl.msi (or latest version)

http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi (From
Apache site)
Apache 2.0.49 (Local machine)
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Install Apache
1. Click on .msi file (apache_2.0.46-win32x86-no_src.msi)
2. Welcome page click next
3. License Agreement select Accept the
terms in the license agreement
4. Read this click next

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Install Apache
5.Server Information
a. Network Domain. Enter the DNS domain in
which your server is or will be registered in.
b. Server Name. Your server's full DNS name.
c. Administrator's Email Address
d. Enter the server administrator's or
webmaster's email address here. This
address will be displayed along with error
messages to the client by default
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Install Apache
6. For whom to install - Apache Select for
All Users, on Port 80
8. Setup Type - Select Typical
9. Destination folder Keep Current path
- click next
10. Install
11. Finish

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Configurations Apache-2
Post Configurations Apache-2 - Edit
httpd.conf
Section 2: 'Main' server configuration
(Check this)
ServerAdmin admin@admtc-int.lk
ServerName BR01.admtc-int.lk:80

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START and STOP Apache2

Start & Stop Apache
Normal starting, restarting and shutting
down of an Apache service is usually done
via the Apache Service Monitor
command line can be used
NET START Apache2
NET STOP Apache2

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START and STOP Apache2

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START and STOP Apache2

Using normal Windows service management

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Test Apache
Apache will be listening on port 80
connect to the server and access
launch a browser
enter this URL http://localhost/
If nothing happens - look in the error.log file

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Installing Database Server - MySQL

1. Download MySQL
a. http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql-4.0.html
mysql-4.0.18 (Local machine)
2. Unzip the binary distribution
3. Click (or double click) on setup.exe
4. welcome page - click next
5. Information page - read carefully
6. choose destination location - keep current (c:\mysql)
7. click next
8. Finish

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Installing Database Server MySQL

Configuring - MySQL
Add this path to the mysql admin
[WinMySQLAdmin]
Server=C:/mysql/bin/mysqld-nt.exe
Installing MySQL Control Center
1. Download MySQL Control Center
a. http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysqlcc.html
mysqlcc-0.9.4 (Local machine)
2. Unzip the binary distribution
3. Click (or double click) on setup.exe
4. welcome page - click next
5. Accept the license agreement
6. Information page - read carefully
7. choose destination location - keep current
8. Select Features - Keep current
9. Install the package
10. Finish

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