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php installation

Mar 31st, 2008

hi frens

I hav windows server with XP os .
I need to make a contact us form for a website for which i want to use PHP.
Will it run in windows server having IIS or it requires unix os

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Re: php installation

Mar 31st, 2008

windows is ok

programming is an art ,only for those who can understand it.
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Re: php installation

Apr 1st, 2008

Yes you can run PHP on windows there is no problem. However instead of IIS server I would recommend to use Apache server, which more relaible. If you not sure how to install apache on windows you can use XAMPP package (it will install Apache, PHP, MySQL, phpMyadmin and Perl for you in one go)

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