This tutorial is for PHP 4.x and if you want the PHP 5 tutorial you are at the wrong place.

This tutorial is for MySQL 4.0 and if you want the MYSQL 5.1 tutorial you are at the wrong place.

The tutorial below is for Apache 2.0.x and as of January 2007, I will no longer keep it updated. The current version of the Apache tutorial can be found here.

Use these instructions if you need change the root password for MySQL on Windows or if you need to add additional new users with general or specific limitations.

These are not really traditional FAQ. This is more of a user provided hints, tips, and debugging help.

Other software and programs that I've found help give a better user experience when using your server.

There are several steps you need to complete if you want to allow friends, family, clients, or anyone else access to your server. If they are outside your router, you need manually set your router to forward ports to your computer.

The older MySQL 4.0 tutorial has been completely removed as of Jan 1, 2010. The official site no longer even has the 4.0 binaries available so there's no point in keeping the tutorial. Please use the MySQL 5.1 tutorial below instead.

Some of you have asked that the older version of the tutorial with PHP 4.3.x be put back up. I am putting it back up, but will no longer update it. You can still find it at PHP 4 page. However, I strongly recommend using the PHP 5 tutorial below.

Installing Perl for CGI is completely optional and none of the other parts of this tutorial require it to be installed. The only reason to install ActivePerl is if you will be running Perl based CGI scripts.