Setting up Apache, PHP and MySQL manually - Revision history

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 ===Warning===
 If you already have any of the prepackaged AMP stacks installed on your machine:
-* going back to your AMP stack afterwards will be difficult. This is since the various installations we will do below will overwrite registry values and general environment changes (this applies at least for the PC/Windows environment).
+* going back to your AMP stack afterwards will be difficult. This is since the various installations we will do below will overwrite registry values and make general environment changes (this applies at least to the PC/Windows environment).
 * if you need to maintain any configuration (Apache, MySQL or PHP configuration) or data (your existing websites and related databases), before making attempts of following through this instruction, make proper backup of those
 (needs to be expanded with specific advice on how to achieve the aboves...)

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 # You will now be presented with the "MySQL Server Instance Configuration Wizard"
 ## Make sure that the "Standard Configuration" is selected and go to Next
-## If you already have MySQL installed you may get the message "A Windows service with the name MySQL already exists. Please uninstall this service correctly or choose a different name for the new service."  If so, choose an alternative service name.--[[User:PtrNrs|Pete Nurse]] 01:57, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
+## If you already have MySQL installed you may get the message "A Windows service with the name MySQL already exists. Please uninstall this service correctly or choose a different name for the new service."  If so, choose an alternative service name. --[[User:PtrNrs|Pete Nurse]] 01:57, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 ## In the next window Check for "Include Bin Directory in Windows PATH". By doing this you will be able to access the various MySQL utilities from the command line.
 ## In the next window you will be able to create password for your root MySQL user, the user with highest access level on your server.

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 # You will now be presented with the "MySQL Server Instance Configuration Wizard"
 ## Make sure that the "Standard Configuration" is selected and go to Next
 ## In the next window Check for "Include Bin Directory in Windows PATH". By doing this you will be able to access the various MySQL utilities from the command line.
 ## In the next window you will be able to create password for your root MySQL user, the user with highest access level on your server.

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 ===Warning===
 If you already have any of the prepackaged AMP stacks installed on your machine:
-** going back to your AMP stack afterwards will be difficult. This is since the various installations we will do below will overwrite registry values and general environment changes (this applies at least for the PC/Windows environment).
+* going back to your AMP stack afterwards will be difficult. This is since the various installations we will do below will overwrite registry values and general environment changes (this applies at least for the PC/Windows environment).
-** if you need to maintain any configuration (Apache, MySQL or PHP configuration) or data (your existing websites and related databases), before making attempts of following through this instruction, make proper backup of those
+* if you need to maintain any configuration (Apache, MySQL or PHP configuration) or data (your existing websites and related databases), before making attempts of following through this instruction, make proper backup of those
 (needs to be expanded with specific advice on how to achieve the aboves...)

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	==Overview==		==Overview==
	Here follows a brief overview of the steps to setup a Apache, PHP, MySQL in a Windows environment and also refer to various related tools to maintain and work with most of the tasks related to Joomla!.		Here follows a brief overview of the steps to setup a Apache, PHP, MySQL in a Windows environment and also refer to various related tools to maintain and work with most of the tasks related to Joomla!.

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 ===Warning===
-* If you already have any of the prepackaged AMP stacks installed, before making any attempts of following through the following instructions, please make sure to make proper backup of your sites and any eventual configurations you would like to maintain.
+* If you already have any of the prepackaged AMP stacks installed on your machine:
-* Futhermore in the PC environment (at least), this procedure will overwrite one or more registry entries.  It's strongly recommended that, your first attempt is on a computer with no AMP install whatsoever.
+** going back to your AMP stack afterwards will be difficult. This is since the various installations we will do below will overwrite registry values and general environment changes (this applies at least for the PC/Windows environment).
-(needs to be expanded...)
+** if you need to maintain any configuration (Apache, MySQL or PHP configuration) or data (your existing websites and related databases), before making attempts of following through this instruction, make proper backup of those
 ===Resources===

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 ### httpd.conf - most of the server directives are located in this file and for easy access you should associate the .conf file type with a user friendly editor, i.e. anything other than the default Notepad.
 ### extra\httpd-vhosts.conf - contains directives that would allow you use your local server as virtual host, i.e. able to run several servers on your PC. One usage scenario is that during a development phase if you want to map the actual domain you are working for to your local copy, you would be able to do so by making minor tweaks in this file. We will discuss this in more detail below.
-## htdocs - the default web server root, this is where the http://localhost/ is mapped if you don't reconfigure it.
+## htdocs - the default web server root, this is where the http://localhost/ is mapped, i.e. if you don't reconfigure it in httpd.conf above.
 ## logs - access and error logs, when trying to address various issues related to your server or even your application
 ===Virtual hosting===

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	* http://devzone.zend.com/article/2803 excellent and in depth tutorial on debugging with xdebug		* http://devzone.zend.com/article/2803 excellent and in depth tutorial on debugging with xdebug
	* http://xdebug.org/docs/ xdebug reference documentation		* http://xdebug.org/docs/ xdebug reference documentation
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		+	[[Category:Bug Squad]]

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 In order to make the instruction clear and succinct, we will assume that wherever we are not stating any explicit instruction, you will let the default setup paths apply without modification.
-===Notes===
+===Warning===
-* If you already have any of the prepackaged AMP stacks installed, before making any attempts of following through the following instructions, please make sure to make proper backup of your sites and any eventual configurations you would like to maintain (needs to be expanded...)
+* If you already have any of the prepackaged AMP stacks installed, before making any attempts of following through the following instructions, please make sure to make proper backup of your sites and any eventual configurations you would like to maintain.
 ===Resources===