Setting up PHP & MySQL on your local computer

• The Uniform Server is a package that allows you to run a server on any MS Windows OS based computer. The Uniform Server will be used to test our applications made with PHP and MySQL. http://www.uniformserver.com/index.php (download UniServer3_3.exe at:
  • http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=53691&package_id=48193)
    Note: the Uniform Server package is completely free and does not expire!
• In order to run the "Uniform Server" you need to not be running another Web Server on your system. 
  To stop IIS on most Windows machines: Open the "Internet Information Services" control panel in
  Settings Control Panel Administrative Tools (on most Windows Machines).

• Then choose Default Web Site Action  and then click Stop to Stop IIS (if it is running on your machine).
• Unzip the Uniform Server package - anywhere, browse to the Uniform Server folder and double click on "Server_Start.bat"  This should start the uniform server and take you to the "Uniform Server Admin" window at: http://localhost/apanel/

• Select Run MySQL (above) to start MySQL running on your local machine - you should get a message telling you the server is started:

• Scroll down the left menu (below Run MySQL) and choose phpMyAdmin to add yourself as a user of MySQL

• Use the Host: localhost
• Use the username given for you to login to MySQL on Ouray (e.g. the same username as the Ouray username with one exception If the Ouray username has a hyphen '-' the hyphen is omitted). 
• Use the password given for for student databases is (e.g. mysql followed by student number).
• Give yourself complete privileges on the account so you can create databases, tables, select & insert ...:

• Given that the Universal Server has PHP and MySQL built in - you can now use a PHP editor that does not have these:  I recommend PHP Designer ( http://www.mpsoftware.dk/phpdesigner.php ).  It is free and does not expire.  When you are setting up PHP Designer you need to point it to the folders you UnZipped the Universal Server to (Options Editor Preferences Debug):