Fresh-Out-the-Box!

EasyPHP May 25, 2005

Firstly I tried using the MamboSAS (Stand Alone Server) from Mambo Solutions. But that just didn’t want to behave itself. So I went off on a hunt to find an alternative. There are many WAMP (Windows Apache MySQL PHP) solutions around, but they were all far too heavy for what I needed.

EasyPHP was about perfect- super easy installation and it just ran without any setup.

This part from the FAQ on changing the default web server root folder helped me with endless folder navigations:

How can I change the “www” directory’s location ?
You need to change the configuration fle of Apache (httpd.conf). Just update the path for DocumentRoot. For example:
DocumentRoot “C:/MyWebSite” (Line 82)
(Line 91)
(line numbers may vary)

As a bonus you get to practice your French along the way ;)