xp pro & server

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Brian

I'm using XP Pro. Can I set it up as a server? Is there
a tutorial for this?

I want to be able to make & test dynamic sites using PHP
pages.

Thanks,

Brian
 
I'm using XP Pro. Can I set it up as a server? Is there
a tutorial for this?

I want to be able to make & test dynamic sites using PHP
pages.

Thanks,

Brian
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You can setup XPPro to serve PHP pages using IIS or Apache as the web
server. You can also install and setup MySQL, which many PHP scripts use.
MySQL and Apache will run as services.

The problem you'll encounter is that XPPro limits the number of concurrent
connections. As a test bed and limited connections (10 max) Pro will work
well.

Go to the Apache, PHP, and MySQL sites. They all have binary installations
for windows.
 
It depends what you mean by server. You can add IIS (Add
Remove Programs->Windows Components) and then you can host
a web page to do what you're talking about. It's limited
to I believe 10 simultaneous connections. If you're real
serious you can download the 180-day trial version from MS
of Windows 2003 Server 2003.

Once you install IIS, if you go to http://127.0.0.1 (your
local computer) it has some info to get you started.

-James
 
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