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[Veronika]

David,
I installed xampp and it seems apache and MySql are running! I think perhaps 
I'm ready for stage two of the tutorial tomorrow!

"You install it, type localhost in the address
> field of a browser on your system and you will see the main page coming 
> up"

YES! I'm starting to feel better now, I'm sure I'll have more questions but 
at least that is done...
Thanks, Veronika

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Krings" <ramons at gmx.net>
To: "NYPHP Talk" <talk at lists.nyphp.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 12:43 PM
Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] error message, trying to see test page, apache 
isrunning


> Veronika wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I'm very new at this and am following at TechnicalLead tutorial; have
>> installed mysql, apache and php, have set up a data test folder, a
>> my.ini file (for mysql), an htm test file...
>> Can I assume if the apache server is running that I should not change
>> the httpd.conf file? that there is something else wrong?
>> Kind of frustrated that I'm following the tutorial and that the last 10
>> seconds of video one has stalled me with an error message:
>
> While it is laudable to dive in and start creating your ini files on your 
> own
> and using the individual packages, it might just be a bit too tricky for 
> the
> beginner. That depends on which skills you are focusing, if you want to 
> get
> experienced in administrating Apache and MySQL then there is no way around
> what you are doing now. If - and I assume that to be the case - you want 
> to
> learn about PHP I'd sidestep the nitty gritty configuration and setup of
> Apache and MySQL and go with one of the already configured packages. I can
> highly recommend the XAMPP from Apachefriends.org. It never failed me and 
> I
> even used it for production servers (they say not to do that, but I never 
> had
> any issues). And it just works. You install it, type localhost in the 
> address
> field of a browser on your system and you will see the main page coming 
> up. It
> comes with PHPMyAdmin installed and the demo pages show some nice stuff, 
> butr
> I usually rename the htdocs folder and create a new htdocs folder, in 
> which I
> put my own files.
> For MySQL I use the GUI tools from the mysql.com website. I find that they 
> now
> work quite well and are a refreshingly helpful and fast set of tools after
> working during the week with garbage like MSSQL Management Studio. There 
> are
> other and somewhat better MySQL administration clients, but the MySQL 
> tools
> work fine and are easy to use.
>
> David
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