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    Installation of Drupal On Windows XP Using Apache, Mysql and PHP

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    Installation of Drupal on

    Windows XP
    Rupesh Kumar A
    a.rupeshkumar@gmail.com
    Files Required
    Versions used in this illustration
    Apache 2.2.2
    Php 5.2.8
    Mysql 4.1.11
    Drupal 6.8
    Install Apache
    Test Apache installation:
    Open any web browser and type http://localhost
    in the address bar and press Enter

    Feather icon on System Tray with a green


    arrow indicates apache service running. Feather with
    a red dot indicates that apache service is stopped
    Open httpd.conf file with any
    text editor
    add index.php here
    add at the end the following code:
    LoadModule php5_module “c:/php/php5apache2_2.dll”
    AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
    PHPIniDir “c:/php”
    Save the file
    Extract Php files to C:\php
    Extracted folder ‘php’
    Extracted files in C:\php folder
    Copy php.ini-recommended file
    Paste it in the same folder
    Rename it to php.ini
    Open php.ini with a text editor
    Delete semicolon (;) at the beginning
    of include_path line
    Add “C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs”
    as doc_root
    Add “C:\php\ext” as extension_dir
    Delete Semicolon (;) at the beginning of line
    extension=php_gd2.dll
    Delete Semicolon (;) at the beginning of line
    extension=php_mbstring.dll
    Delete Semicolon (;) at the beginning of line
    extension=php_mysql.dll
    Delete Semicolon (;) at the beginning of line
    and add “C:\TEMP” for session.save_path
    Save the file and close
    Set Environment Variable for Php

    Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel


    In Control Panel,
    double click on “System”.
    In System Properties window,
    Click on “Advanced” Tab and
    Click on “Environmental Variables”
    In “Environmental Variables” window,
    Click on Path variable under
    “System Variable” and click
    “Edit” button
    Add C:\php; at the end of
    Variable value. Click OK
    Click OK for Environment Variables
    And System Properties
    Test Php Installation

    Open Notepad and type the following code:


    <html>
    <body>
    <?php phpinfo() ?>
    </body>
    </html>
    Save the file as test.php in
    C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\
    Apache2.2\htdocs
    Restart Apache:
    Right Click on feather icon on System Tray
    and click on “Open Apache Monitor”
    Click Restart and then Exit
    Open web browser and type
    http://localhost/test.php in the
    address bar and press Enter. The php
    information page appears

    Delete the file test.php soon after


    confirming about php installation.
    Do not leave it in web server.
    Install Mysql
    Change destination folder to C:\mysql
    Skip Sign-Up
    Mysql Server Instance Configuration
    Check this
    Enter password for the root user
    Open Command Prompt
    Type cmd and click OK
    Change directory to c:\mysql\bin
    Log in to mysql as root user
    Enter root password
    The mysql console
    Create the new database ‘drupal’
    List the databases
    Quit mysql console
    Exit the command prompt
    Extract drupal files to web server
    Rename extracted folder to ‘drupal’ for simplicity
    Copy default.settings.php in drupal\sites\default
    and paste in the same directory
    Rename it to settings.php
    Open Web browser

    Enter http://localhost/drupal or http://localhost/drupal/install.php


    Drupal Installation Stages
    Database configuration

    Enter:
    Database name
    Database username
    Database password
    Advanced options

    Enter: Database host (if other than localhost)


    Database port (only if non-standard)
    Table prefix (in case of multiple installation
    on the same database)

    Click Save and continue


    Configure site: Site information
    Create Administrator account
    Server settings

    Click Save and continue


    Drupal installation complete

    Click on your new site


    The New Drupal Site
    Thanks
    Apache Team
    Php Team
    Mysql Team
    Drupal Team

    Please send comments & suggestions to


    a.rupeshkumar@gmail.com

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