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Apache And Php On Windows

Preparation
Download and install Apache: www.apache.org/dist/httpd/binaries/win32

Download PHP, get the zip, not the installer: www.php.net/downloads

PHP
Extract PHP to c:\php

copy c:\php\ext\php_xmlrpc.dll to c:\php, and any other extensions needed

copy c:\php\php.ini-dist to c:\windows\php.ini

edit c:\windows\php.ini as follows:
doc_root = "c:\path_to_apache\htdocs"
extension_dir = "c:\php\"
session.save_path = "c:\path_to_apache\htdocs\tmp"

Uncomment any extensions you want, e.g.
extension=php_curl.dll

Apache
edit c:\path_to_apache\conf\httpd.conf, at the end of the LoadModule section, add (for php5 and apache2.2.x)
LoadModule php5_module "c:\php\php5apache2_2.dll"

edit c:\path_to_apache\conf\mime.types and add
application/x-httpd-php php
application/x-httpd-php-source phps

Restart apache

Post configuration
Have a coffee