All of us who want to start a website,blog or some internet based project but do not know the know-how of web servers or how to administer them but want to get the raw stuff working before it actually gets uploaded on the web server. Administrators using WordPress, Drupal, Joomla or any other blog software package want that all the things, I mean the theme, blog design, plugins, database management and all the creative and new stuff related to their blog should be actually working beforehand prior to upload. Those working with PHP, HTML and Mysql want their scripts complied and running before getting them online for users have got to thank WAMP for their impressably easy to install and configure software package. Principle component of the WAMP package Apache a web server, MySQL open-source database and PHP scripting language.
WAMP – Windows Apache Mysql PHP – is a software to create an authentic local web server development environment right here on your system. Although there are various ways to set up a server manually but it requires experience and knowledge to get various scripts connected and working like Mysql and PHP. So WAMP is a great way for beginners to get going.
The freeware can be downloaded from here – Download WAMPInstallation Guide
1. Install WAMP as you would do for any other software.
2. Do not try to change any settings during installation if you don’t have any idea about it.
3. After successfully installing go to Start->all programs->WampServer and click Start WampServer.
4. You will see this on your taskbar
5. Left click on it and click the service you want to start.
6. Navigate to “C:\wamp\www”. This is the directory to put all your HTML, PHP scripts into so that they can be viewed on any internet browser.
Install Blog Software Package
To install blog software like wordpress make a folder by any name say “blog” without quotes, download and extract the PHP script there. You should be able to navigate to -> C:\wamp\www\blog\index.php
Open your default internet browser and type -> http://localhost/blog
to get your blog running!!!
Compile and Run PHP Scripts
To compile PHP scripts, first write your code in any text editor and save the file with any name say “abc.php”. Remember the extension is “.php”, open your default internet browser and type -> http://localhost/abc.php
to get your script compiled and running(if it does not give any error )!!!
Further for any Mysql or database related modification navigate to – > http://localhost/phpmyadmin
So your own web server environment has been successfully created at no cost and saving web server rentals for sure!!!!
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