Installing Apache, PHP and mod_ssl on MS Windows

To install Apache, PHP, and mod_ssl on Microsoft Windows, you can use the following steps:

1. Download and install Apache:

• Download the Apache HTTP Server installer from the Apache Software Foundation website: https://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi
• Run the installer and follow the prompts to install Apache.

2. Download and install PHP:

• Download the PHP installer from the PHP website: https://www.php.net/downloads
• Run the installer and follow the prompts to install PHP.

3. Enable PHP in Apache:

• Open the Apache configuration file (httpd.conf) in a text editor.
• Uncomment the following line:

LoadModule php7_module "c:/php/php7apache2_4.dll"

Replace c:/php/ with the path to the PHP installation directory.

• Add the following lines at the end of the file:

<FilesMatch \.php$>
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>

This will enable Apache to handle PHP files.

4. Download and install mod_ssl:

• Download the mod_ssl installer from the Apache Software Foundation website: https://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi
• Run the installer and follow the prompts to install mod_ssl.

5. Enable mod_ssl in Apache:

• Open the Apache configuration file (httpd.conf) in a text editor.
• Uncomment the following line:

LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so

This will enable mod_ssl in Apache.

6. Restart Apache:

net stop Apache2.4
net start Apache2.4

This will apply the changes to the Apache configuration.