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thanks for the answer, feel free to comment &nbsp;on my otheropen questions.<br />
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thanks for the answer, feel free to comment  on my otheropen questions.
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I am trying to set up a webserver on an XP pro machine to develop php / mysql technologies. I am going round in circles setting all this up and configuring so I am going to deal with this step by step. I have read many articles and books but still haveing troubles.<br />
&nbsp;I have apache installed on my laptop which appears to work fine (version 2.063) although the root directory is C:\webserver\Apache2\htdoc<wbr />s. Can I change this to C:\InetPub\wwwroot ? if so where do I need to make changes so that I will see my phpinfo test page displaying correctly once stored in C:\InetPub\wwwroot. My apache is running alongside IIS and so is listening on port 8080.
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I am trying to set up a webserver on an XP pro machine to develop php / mysql technologies. I am going round in circles setting all this up and configuring so I am going to deal with this step by step. I have read many articles and books but still haveing troubles.
 I have apache installed on my laptop which appears to work fine (version 2.063) although the root directory is C:\webserver\Apache2\htdocs. Can I change this to C:\InetPub\wwwroot ? if so where do I need to make changes so that I will see my phpinfo test page displaying correctly once stored in C:\InetPub\wwwroot. My apache is running alongside IIS and so is listening on port 8080.

Apache Service

PHP is a widely-used server-side scripting language especially suited for web development, powering tens of millions of sites from Facebook to personal WordPress blogs. PHP is often paired with the MySQL relational database, but includes support for most other mainstream databases. By utilizing different Server APIs, PHP can work on many different web servers as a server-side scripting language.

The Apache HTTP Server is a secure, efficient and extensible server that provides HTTP services in sync with the current HTTP standards. Typically Apache is run on a Unix-like operating system, but it is available for a wide variety of operating systems, including Linux, Novell NetWare, Mac OS-X and Windows. Released under the Apache License, Apache is open-source software.

Apache Web Server

A web server refers to the software that helps to deliver web content that can be accessed either through the Internet or through an intranet. The primary function of a web server is to store, process and deliver web pages to clients. The communication between client and server takes place using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). The most common use of web servers is to host websites, but there are other uses such as gaming, data storage, running enterprise applications, handling email, FTP, etc.