Integrating PHP with Apache Web Server

∟Integrating PHP with Apache Web Server

This chapter provides tutorial notes on installing Apache Web server on Windows systems. Topics include downloading and installing Apache 2.2.4 binary distribution; configuring Apache to run PHP as CGI scripts; testing PHP scripts on Apache server.

Downloading Apache 2.4.37 Binary for Windows

Installing Apache 2.4.37 on Windows Systems

Publishing HTML Documents as Web Pages

Configuring Apache for PHP CGI Scripts

Publishing PHP Scripts as Web Pages

Permission Error on php-cgi.exe

Takeaways:

Installation of Apache Web server on Windows is so easy. You just need to download the distribution ZIP file and unzip it.
You should select Apache VC15 and 64-bit build to match the PHP engine build that was installed earlier to avoid any compatibility issues.
Integrating Apache Web server with PHP engine to run PHP scripts with php-cgi.exe requires several changes in the Apache configuration file.

Table of Contents

About This Book

PHP Installation on Windows Systems

►Integrating PHP with Apache Web Server

charset="*" - Encodings on Chinese Web Pages

Chinese Characters in PHP String Literals

Multibyte String Functions in UTF-8 Encoding

Input Text Data from Web Forms

Input Chinese Text Data from Web Forms

MySQL - Installation on Windows

MySQL - Connecting PHP to Database

MySQL - Character Set and Encoding

MySQL - Sending Non-ASCII Text to MySQL

Retrieving Chinese Text from Database to Web Pages

Input Chinese Text Data to MySQL Database

Chinese Text Encoding Conversion and Corruptions

Archived Tutorials

References

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