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Installation of Drupal On Windows XP Using Apache, Mysql and PHP

Installation of Drupal content management system on Windows XP using Apache, Mysql and PHP.

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Installation of Drupal On Windows XP Using Apache, Mysql and PHP

Installation of Drupal content management system on Windows XP using Apache, Mysql and PHP.

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Rupesh Kumar A
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Installation of Drupal on

Windows XP
Rupesh Kumar A
[email protected]
Files Required
Versions used in this illustration
Apache 2.2.2
Php 5.2.8
Mysql 4.1.11
Drupal 6.8
Install Apache
Test Apache installation:
Open any web browser and type http://localhost
in the address bar and press Enter

Feather icon on System Tray with a green


arrow indicates apache service running. Feather with
a red dot indicates that apache service is stopped
Open httpd.conf file with any
text editor
add index.php here
add at the end the following code:
LoadModule php5_module “c:/php/php5apache2_2.dll”
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
PHPIniDir “c:/php”
Save the file
Extract Php files to C:\php
Extracted folder ‘php’
Extracted files in C:\php folder
Copy php.ini-recommended file
Paste it in the same folder
Rename it to php.ini
Open php.ini with a text editor
Delete semicolon (;) at the beginning
of include_path line
Add “C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs”
as doc_root
Add “C:\php\ext” as extension_dir
Delete Semicolon (;) at the beginning of line
extension=php_gd2.dll
Delete Semicolon (;) at the beginning of line
extension=php_mbstring.dll
Delete Semicolon (;) at the beginning of line
extension=php_mysql.dll
Delete Semicolon (;) at the beginning of line
and add “C:\TEMP” for session.save_path
Save the file and close
Set Environment Variable for Php

Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel


In Control Panel,
double click on “System”.
In System Properties window,
Click on “Advanced” Tab and
Click on “Environmental Variables”
In “Environmental Variables” window,
Click on Path variable under
“System Variable” and click
“Edit” button
Add C:\php; at the end of
Variable value. Click OK
Click OK for Environment Variables
And System Properties
Test Php Installation

Open Notepad and type the following code:


<html>
<body>
<?php phpinfo() ?>
</body>
</html>
Save the file as test.php in
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\
Apache2.2\htdocs
Restart Apache:
Right Click on feather icon on System Tray
and click on “Open Apache Monitor”
Click Restart and then Exit
Open web browser and type
http://localhost/test.php in the
address bar and press Enter. The php
information page appears

Delete the file test.php soon after


confirming about php installation.
Do not leave it in web server.
Install Mysql
Change destination folder to C:\mysql
Skip Sign-Up
Mysql Server Instance Configuration
Check this
Enter password for the root user
Open Command Prompt
Type cmd and click OK
Change directory to c:\mysql\bin
Log in to mysql as root user
Enter root password
The mysql console
Create the new database ‘drupal’
List the databases
Quit mysql console
Exit the command prompt
Extract drupal files to web server
Rename extracted folder to ‘drupal’ for simplicity
Copy default.settings.php in drupal\sites\default
and paste in the same directory
Rename it to settings.php
Open Web browser

Enter http://localhost/drupal or http://localhost/drupal/install.php


Drupal Installation Stages
Database configuration

Enter:
Database name
Database username
Database password
Advanced options

Enter: Database host (if other than localhost)


Database port (only if non-standard)
Table prefix (in case of multiple installation
on the same database)

Click Save and continue


Configure site: Site information
Create Administrator account
Server settings

Click Save and continue


Drupal installation complete

Click on your new site


The New Drupal Site
Thanks
Apache Team
Php Team
Mysql Team
Drupal Team

Please send comments & suggestions to


[email protected]

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