Windows-specific guidelines
In this section you will learn how to set up a local test site on your Windows box. Several packages exist which install Apache, PHP, MySQL and some other useful components in one easy download. These include the following:
- ApacheFriends XAMPP
- WampServer 2
- Uniform Server
- Web.Developer Suite (commercial product)
Drupal 6.14 and 7 are compatible PHP 5.2 and 5.3
See this page, http://drupal.org/requirements
PHP 5.2 or higher will be a requirement for Drupal 7.
WampServer note:
There are 2 ways to get version PHP 5.2.9-2 for Wamp or Wampserver2.
• Install the newest WAMP2. Then visit the WAMP addons PHP Versions page, download the PHP version(s) you need or want(PHP 5.2.9-2) and install them. Then you can select the version to run from the WAMP UI by left clicking the Icon > PHP > Version and check mark the one you want. If you change it, restart the server and you will be fine.
• Install an older version of Wampserver. You can find older versions of WAMP5 and WAMPSERVER2 on this page http://sourceforge.net/projects/wampserver/files/ . Just click on WAMP5 or WAMPSERVER2 for the complete file listings.
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The following packages include Drupal as part of the installation:
A comparison of many packages can be found at Wikipedia.
See more information about different setups in the pages listed below. Some are easy installs with a few clicks, and some are more difficult options where each component (Apache, PHP, MySQL, etc) is installed manually.
PHP Version for Wampserver2
After following these guidelines and installing PHP 5.2.9-2, I couldn't use any downloaded themes, after going back to PHP 5.3, it worked.
So if you are setting up a Wampserver2 environment, there is no need to get 5.2.9-2, but just use the 5.3 version that came with it
Kind regards
Installing D6 (WAMP) on Win7 (64bit)
Attempted D6.14 install on WAMPserver2 on Win7 (64bit). created settings.php, created localhost database.
But get following error.
Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in C:\wamp\www\includes\file.inc on line 902
Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in C:\wamp\www\includes\file.inc on line 902
Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in C:\wamp\www\includes\file.inc on line 902
etc etc
This line precedes the Drupal 'Setup database - Database configuration'
then after restating database 'name' & adding a 'username' I get same error.
Is this just a 64bit issue ?, a Wampserver2 issue ? Is there a work-around for a 64bit compatable version ?
Thanks in advance
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Just found Win7 option to 'run programs made for previous versions of windows'
Win7 -> Control panel -> Programs -> Programs & Features -> -> run programs made for previous versions of Windows.
Hope this helps others . . . .