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Apache with Microsoft Windows

Written by Stewart Smith

Monday, 24 July 2006

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When you have your server installed you can quite happily run HTML to your hearts content, but servers can offer a lot more than just static html pages.

Now you can if you wish go down the road of installing php and mysql and pear and all the other things that modern website and pages require.

I have been there and believe me when I say it is an arduous task configuring everything just so, not impossible and if you’ve got time and the inclination then go for it.

There are more tutorials how to guides than you’ll ever need and in the end its quite rewarding and you learn lots.

But as with most thing there are people out there with more knowledge and savvy than I’ll ever have, and they thinks of us poor dumplings and provide out of the box easy install packages.

What a lot of time and effort they save. My favorite for installing Apache, PHP and MySQL

Quote From Site

This new release of WAMP5 now includes the possibility to limit acces to your server from outside users. A new link in the WAMP5 menu allows you to switch from offline to online.

When offline, only localhost (your computer) can access to your server, a small lock appears in your WAMP5 icon. When online, your server can be accessed by everyone, the lock disappears.

I have also secured phpmyadmin and sqlitemanager which can only be accessed by localhost (you can change this by modifying the alias).

Applications have also been updated (MySQL 5.0.22, Apache 2.0.58, phpmyadmin 2.8.1) as well as PHP4, MySQL administration and Zend Optimizer add-ons.

You can directly upgrade from versions > 1.6.x.
for more info, see the changelog

Download WAMP5 1.6.4