new to PHP

[majestic0110]

Hi there, I am brand new to php and i am having difficulty installing php/apache/drupal/mysql. if anyone could point me to a good tutorial on how to install these items i would be very grateful. thanks in advance

[ShawnCplus]

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/install.php

[majestic0110]

thanks very much ShawnCplus, have been googling an easy way to set it up, many thanks!

[majestic0110]

have gone through the installation of php but i get an error saying a dll is not found and that i will need to manually configure server,how do i do that >? thanks

[majestic0110]

sorry, the error is ' Error trying to access httpd.conf file. you will need to manually configure the web server' any suggestions? thanks

[ShawnCplus]

You would need to look to the Apache documentation for that which would most likely be on http://httpd.apache.org/docs/

[majestic0110]

ok thanks very much

[majestic0110]

im finding it very difficult to get this all installed.Am i correct in believing that I need to install apache/mysql/php/phpmyadmin and then install drupal? is there no one exe that installs all of this for me ?

[ShawnCplus]

Depending on whether you are Linux or windows. Windows has the WAMP stack www.wampserver.com/en/ if you are Linux there is the LAMP stack http://www.mysql-apache-php.com/

[majestic0110]

thanks for all your help ShawnCplus, I really appreciate it! a prospective job relies on this !!

[majestic0110]

great, downloaded wamp, installed fine and I am away! many thanks