Re: Quistion for installation help

Hello.. If you are more interested in learning PHP and not necessarily the set-up and administration of a box running PHP, then might I suggest getting foxserv http://sourceforge.net/projects/foxserv/ Has Mysql, Apache, and PHP all packaged together for a Winblows envinroment, so you won't have to go through all the set-up worries. -Brad > Hello > > > > I would like to ask some questions regarding installation of my-sql and > php, > witch I can’t get to rum. > > > > I am using the book “php in easy steps” as guide to the > installation. My > system is WinXP almost a clear reinstall. > > > > I have downloaded the mysql 4.0.12 and put it into a folder c/mysql. > > The book talks about a file named my-example.cnf, witch must be copied > to > the root of c/, and renamed to mycnf.cnf. My problem is that I can’t > find > this file, and due to that I can’t do this. > > > > Next to that I have been trying to configurate Apache (this is running) > for > php. Php 4.3.1 is the wersion. The book told me to type 4 new lines in > a > document called httpd.conf but I only have a text file called httpd > (whitout > “.conf”). > > The 4 lines is as follows, > > > > AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3 .php4 > > AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps > > > > ScriptAlias /php/ “c:/php/” > > Action application/x-httpd-php “/php/php.exe” > > > > These 4 lines is sat just beneath a line, > > > > AddType application/x-tar .tgz > > > > Can some of you se if I have done something wrong? > > Do I need these to exact files whitch I haven’t found? > > - Is it possible to download these separate? > > > > I can delete what I have done till now, because I still have the > unextracted > zip-files. > > > > I’m asking because I am going to a job, where I need to learn php, and > I try > to learn a little at home. > > > > Please help me if You can. > > > > Kind Regards > > > > Per Henrik Kaeseler > > > > > > > > > > Dette er en mail fra / This is a mail from > > > > Vibeke Baden Laursen & Per Henrik Kæseler > > Skodsborg Strandvej 145 A, st. tv. > > DK- 2942 Skodsborg > > Tel +45 4550 5323 > > Vibeke mobil +45 2427 7069 > > Per mobil +45 2671 3551 > > Mailto:vipe@post11.tele.dk > > > > > >