Install IIS - Learn How to Install IISLets start with the basics. What is a web sever and why do I need it?
A web server is a software package which when installed on your computer makes web applications accessible to you. To run PHP, ASP etc on your local machine you have to install a web server. Some of the most popular webservers are apache, IIS etc. Some people believe that apache works better with PHP but I am comfortable with IIS, so here I will show you how to install IIS for the working of PHP.
Install IIS {The easiest of em all}If you are running Windows XP Professional on your computer you can install Microsoft's web server, Internet Information Server 5.1 (IIS) for free from the Windows XP Pro installation CD and configure it to run on your system by following the instructions below: -
1. Place the Windows XP Professional CD-Rom into your CD-Rom Drive.
2. Open 'Add/Remove Windows Components' found in 'Add/Remove Programs' in the 'Control Panel'.
3. Place a tick in the check box for 'Internet Information Services (IIS)' leaving all the default installation settings intact. (That's it IIS is installed didn't I tell it was easy)
Test IIS 1. Open 'Internet Explorer' and type
http://localhost into the address bar. IIS documentation will be displayed confirming the installation of IIS
2. To run your website make a folder in C:Inetpubwwwroot then open 'Internet Explorer' and type '
http://localhost/. ('Internet Explorer' by default will look for index.html page placed in your folder).
