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.