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Configuring Windows98 For Local Dev - Page 5

by: Heath Boutwell
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July 30, 2000

Step Four - Test The Software
  • Reboot your machine.

  • Go to the DOS prompt (There should be a shortcut on the Windows start menu. Stay calm when the screen goes black after clicking - it's supposed to do that)

  • Test Apache and PHP: Go to your browser and type this "http://localhost" If it worked you'll see the output of the PHP script saved as the home (index.html) page above.

  • Any error messages are probably a function of a simple
    error in the php.ini or the httpd.conf file. Check your paths - and check to make sure you have the back slahes and forward slashes exactly as they are written in the text of this documentation.

  • Test MySQL Open another dos window, go to the "C:/mysql/bin" directory, and type
    mysqld
    mysqlshow
    mysqlshow -u root mysql
    mysqladmin version status proc
    You should now be logged into the MySQL server.

  • Test Perl: Create a test script in your text editor - something like this will do:
    !#/Perl\bin\MSWin32-x86\Perl
    print "content-type: text/html\n\n";
    print "hello";
    Save this file in the /cgi-bin/ specified under "Configure Apache" above.
    Point the browser to the new script you just created. Success will yield "hello" - any 500 errors will be problems with the shebang line of the script. Make sure this is correct if you are having problems with perl.

  • Important things to remember:
    1. You must run apache first, then MySQL, and any changes made to the apache config files in httpd.conf will only take place once your shutdown and restart the server.
    2. To shut down the server, type "Control-C" from the window running Apache.
    3. To run perl scripts from the command line in a DOS window, simply go to the Windows Explorer menu, associate ".pl" and any other extender to the perl.exe program installed above, then type "perl script-to-run.pl" from the DOS prompt.

  • Additional resources if you get stuck:
    1. PHP Installation Page
    2. Clueless Lou's Page for installing Active State Perl with Apache
    3. PhpMyAdmin runs great locally.

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