Install PHP for different OS

You are an absolute beginner? Thinking how to install PHP in your laptop or PC? No probs, Just follow the steps below:

For Windows: you can use wamp or xampp.

1. Install XAMPP:

*Download it from the site: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=61776

*Select and download xamplite-win32-1.6.1-exe

*Run the exe and select Language-English->select drive where you wanna install it etc and complete installation.

For Linux: The most easiest way to install LAMP using yum program in CentOS. Below are the steps to install LAMP (Apache, PHP and MySQL in Linux) using Yum:-

• Go to CentOS and download a copy of CentOS Linux and install it (i’ll not go thru the how to install CentOS with you here)
• Once your CentOS is installed. Open a terminal (if you are using X-Window), and type yum install httpd and follow on screen instruction to install apache web server
• Once apache web server has been installed, type yum install php
• Once PHP installed successfully, type yum install mysql-server mysql
• Once everything finish, type service httpd start to start your apache web server, screen will show you if web server service successfully started
• type service mysqld start to start your mysql server
• Once both services is running, you can point your browser to http://localhost and you should see a welcome page from CentOS
• If you see that welcome page, you just installed everything successfull.
• To test if php is running, go to /var/www/html and create an index.php file with the content <?php phpinfo(); ?>
  and refresh your browser again. If you see a purple PHP information page showing all the php configuration variables, then php is running now.
• Congratulation, you just successfully installed LAMP in your machine.

or you can get help from here: lamphowto.com/

For MAC: you have to use MAMP caz it is easy to install and free of charge. MAMP stand for Macintos, Apache, Mysql and PHP. You can download it from here: http://www.mamp.info/en/index.php. If you need more help you can buy MAMP Pro.

For Ubuntu:
1. Download Apache2+PHP+MySQL in a single bundle fromwww.apachefriends. org/en/xampp. html

2. Open synaptic and update->Search for Apache2, PHP and select->Install.

XAMPP:

XAMPP is a very easy to install Apache Distribution for Linux, Solaris, Windows and Mac OS X. The package includes the Apache web server, MySQL, PHP, Perl, a FTP server and phpMyAdmin. You can download it from here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=61776 and install.