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Hi I want to teach myself php and I know html. I have a microsoft IIS 4 server on my pc, and have it running on windows 98. Is PWS4 the same as IIS4? I need to learn how to use it because I am working for a company that has a virtual hosting account and we will be hosting our own clients websites. They will expect me to send up php database controls to the remote server. I have downloaded the manual, read it, and looked all over your website, but nowwhere do you say which files to download - I am totally confused because you do not point people to a simple download option for my beginner level. I am not familiar with your file name endings, so do not know which one to download, and whats the difference between each of these options you display: Complete Source Code PHP 4.2.2 (tar.bz2) [2,654Kb] - 22 July 2002 PHP 4.2.2 (tar.gz) [3,319Kb] - 22 July 2002 I have decided to take pot luck and download this one. Patches to latest version PHP 4.2.0 to 4.2.2 patch [313Kb] - 22 July 2002 This unified diff will enable you to update your local PHP source to the latest version from 4.2.0. PHP 4.2.1 to 4.2.2 patch [52Kb] - 22 July 2002 This unified diff will enable you to update your local PHP source to the latest version from 4.2.1. Windows Binaries All Windows binaries can be used on Windows 95/98/Me and on Windows NT/2000/XP. PHP 4.2.2 zip package [5,275Kb] - 22 July 2002 (CGI binary plus server API versions for Apache, Apache2 (experimental), ISAPI, NSAPI, Servlet and Pi3Web. MySQL support built-in, many extensions included, packaged as zip) PHP 4.2.2 installer [913Kb]- 22 July 2002 (CGI only, MySQL support built-in, packaged as Windows installer to install and configure PHP, and automatically configure IIS, PWS and Xitami, with manual configuration for other servers. N.B. no external extensions included) ------------- So What about windows binaries. Should I be downloading any of these- instead of the complete source code, especially the 5 meg version. what do I want binaries for? and do I need to download anything else? what do the file ending names mean? tar bz and gz? Many thanks Gillian McAven