March 2002
Intermediate to advanced
592 pages
15h 52m
English
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Appendix A. Installation Guide
This appendix is a guide to installing the software used in the book. The first section presents the steps to install and configure MySQL, Apache, and PHP under the Linux operating system environment. We then present a short guide to downloading and installing the PHP script examples used in this book. The last major section shows how a secure Apache web server can be installed using the Secure Sockets Layer library. We conclude with a list of installation resources for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and other environments.
Installing MySQL, Apache, and PHP
There are three approaches to installing MySQL, Apache, and PHP:
Install a distribution of the Linux operating system that includes the software as precompiled packages. This is the easiest approach.
Purchase or obtain an installation package; pointers to PHP Triad for the Microsoft Windows environment, and NuSphere for most platforms—including Linux and Sun Solaris—are included at the end of this appendix. This is an easy approach.
Obtain and build the software from source code. This is the most difficult approach, but it has the advantage that the latest software is installed and the configuration layout and options are controlled in the process.
This section focuses on the third approach, obtaining and building the software from source code. Specifically, this section is a short guide to installation under the Linux operating system, and the result is an installation of Apache with PHP as a static ...
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