Chapter 1 - Install PHP

The first step  to install PHP is to download the software. 

Go to http://www.php.net/downloads.php and select the Windows Binary File for Download. The file you need to install is highlighted in the screenshot.  

Once You select the file for download , you will be directed to the mirror image. The file size is approx 10 MB. Select the server near to your country. This helps in faster download. 

Once you have downloaded the file . Do the following Steps: 

1. Create a new folder named php in C: ( C Drive). 
   
2. Extract the contents of the file in C:/php.

PHP is now installed. But there are two more things to do before you can run the PHP actually on your system. 

1. Install Web Server 
2. Configure Web server to PHP.

These will be covered in next chapter