I posted a couple of message a little while ago about setting up my PC as a DW
"testing server" for doing PHP + MySQL development work. I got some answers,
but it still seemed like a lot of work to download and install Apache, then get
PHP, then MySQL, configure them all to work together, etc.

So I was pleasantly surprised to find a complete package out there called
"EasyPHP" that does exactly what I want. It includes Apache, PHP 5, MySQL, and
even MyPHPAdmin. The download was only about 13Mb and it took less than a
minute to install on my XP system. I added one Apache "Alias" to point it at my
DW8 work folder, set up my DW project to use "localhost" for a testing server,
and I was in business -- worked perfectly the first time.

Thanks to everyone who gave me some answers along the way, and I would
definitely recommend this product packaging to anyone else who needs this type
of environment.