Do I need to download PHP?
No, if you installed a web server (e.g. Apache) on your computer it will not include PHP. You need to install it if you need it. There are apps such as WAMP and XAMPP that will install Apache, MySQL and PHP on your computer without any hassle.
What should I install PHP with?
Use Docker Once you’ve installed Docker Desktop on Windows 10, it’s easy to download, configure, and run Apache and PHP. Docker is currently considered the best option for setting up a PHP development environment. Read our complete guide to setting up a PHP development environment with Docker.
How to set up a PHP web server?
Download and install the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms?view=sql-server-2017. The default install is just fine. Note: If you have PHP Tools for Visual Studio, Web Platform will be automatically installed.
Where to find per site settings in PHP?
There are now two options: Define the per-site PHP settings in the main php.ini file. Let Web application owners define those settings in user-defined INI files. Open the main php.ini file (If you used the PHP installer, then this file will most probably be located at C:\\Program Files\\PHP\\ folder.
How to configure Microsoft Docs to install PHP?
1 Download PHP and the WinCache extension. 2 Install PHP and WinCache. 3 Add the PHP installation folder to the Path environment variable. 4 Set up a handler mapping for PHP. 5 Add default document entries for PHP. 6 Test your PHP installation.
How to enable per site PHP configuration in IIS 7?
Create a file called .user.ini in C:\\inetpub\\website1.com\\ folder, and add the following: Note that if your main php.ini file has [PATH] sections that point to the root folders of these sites, then you need to remove those sections; if you do not remove those sections, the user-defined settings will not take effect.