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[DataVampire]

Hi guys I am wondering if you have seen or can point me in the right direction for a guide to installing php on a windows server 2012 r2 essentials server please.

A walkthrough would be nice, while I am learning.

Many thanks

 

[#Chri5#]

The Web Platform Installer will do it for you...

 

[DataVampire]

Yes I used that the first time. the only problem is this.

The latest WPI misses a lot of dependencies that are needed to be installed to get it up and running. dependencies that on a older version of WPI used to install.

 

[leigh_boy]

not sure for guide but i normaly i run a .bat and then install phpadmin for the front end

 

[anything I don't mind]

you want wamp http://www.wampserver.com/en/ ok maybe that is not right solution if you want to use the IIS over apache. But id recommend apache over IIS.

 

[ASE001]

You can install PHP extensions onto Microsoft IIS, this is how to guide

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh994592.aspx

If you just want a development platform then as posted early wampserver is good, also XAMPP is worth a look here https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html

For an editor I use notepad++ and can be down loaded here http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Personally I use my NAS4FREE server, I just enabled the Webservice and made the www folder a SMB share so I can cut and paste php files from my windows desktop. I'm running Dokuwiki site for development notes and misc information which I find while researching on this Webservice among others.

 

[Conan257]

I would also suggest using Wamp... I've used it a few times and would suggest it's easier to use than IIS.

 

[Audigex]

WAMP or XAMPP are definitely the best bets. IIS works fine, but the WAMP/XAMP stacks always feel more mature and are configured out of the box.

Install XAMPP, click start, away you go.

I'm assuming this is a non-production system... if you don't know how to install it already, you probably shouldn't be setting up a production server.