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.

I got PHP and MySql, I think I have Apache too, but I dont want to
go deep on all this, until I learn better how to use Dreamweaver.

But Thanks !

"gordonwd" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>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.
>

Has anyone else out there done this? I am interested in other users comments on doing this.

A lot of people use a local server. A lot of people tend to use MAMP or WAMP
(M = Mac, W = Windows). This is an easy way to set up Apache, mySQL and PHP.
They are installers and get everything going for you within minutes.