Make your own pc an http server supporting php and MySQL

WAMP Server . This is a really great software . I've used this to learn a lot about joomla . It makes your own pc a server . You can access to it by typing http://localhost/ .




 Basically it is used to learn PHP and MySQL . Many developers use it to renew or rebuild that site . It allows us to experiment your site completely .Please click on continue

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Note that below part from here is copied from WAMP Presentation link

 

WampServer's functionalities are very complete and easy to use so we won't explain here how to use them.

With a left click on WampServer's icon, you will be able to:
- manage your Apache and MySQL services
- switch online/offline (give access to everyone or only localhost)
- install and switch Apache, MySQL and PHP releases
- manage your servers settings
- access your logs
- access your settings files
- create alias

With a right click :
- change WampServer's menu language
- access this page

How to start

When you install WampServer, a "www" directory is created (generally c:\wamp\www). Create a directory inside for your project and put your PHP files in it.
Click on the link "Localhost" in the WampServer menu or open your browser and open the http://localhost address.