Building from
source on Windows isn??™t recommended and isn??™t discussed in this book. Unless
your situation warrants very special circumstances, the prebuilt Windows binary
will suit your needs just fine. This distribution is compressed in Bzip2 and Gzip
formats. Keep in mind that the contents are identical; the different compression
formats are just there for your convenience.
Windows zip package: If you plan to use PHP in conjunction with Apache on
Windows, you should download this distribution because it??™s the focus of the
later installation instructions.
Windows installer: This version offers a convenient Windows installer interface
for installing and configuring PHP, and support for automatically configuring the
IIS, PWS, and Xitami servers. Although you could use this version in conjunction
with Apache, it is not recommended. Instead, use the Windows zip package version.
Further, if you??™re interested in configuring PHP to run with IIS, see the later section
titled ???Installing IIS and PHP on Windows.??? A recent collaboration between
Microsoft and PHP product and services leader Zend Technologies Ltd. has resulted
in a greatly improved process that is covered in that section.
If you are interested in playing with the very latest PHP development snapshots,
you can download both source and binary versions at http://snaps.php.net/. Keep
in mind that some of the versions made available via this Web site are not intended
for use with live Web sites.
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