Setup basic Apache+PHP server on Windows for development

These installation files are from the great Apachehaus builds that have lot of features packaged in. I suggest you go there first to get the latest version while following this blog.

Files

• httpd-2.4.20-x64-vc14.zip
• Visual Studio 14 (2015) runtimes if you don't have (httpd.exe will fail to start with specific error about VCRUNTIME140.dll missing otherwise)
• php-5.6.20-Win32-VC11-x64.zip
• Apache httpd.conf sample file

Installation

• Create a folder c:\dev if not existing
• Extract httpd-2.4.20-win64-VC14.zip to c:\Apache24
• Extract php-5.6.20-Win32-VC11-x64.zip to c:\php5
• Save httpd.conf to c:\apache24\conf\ (Right-click | Save As)
• Test the installation by running in a cmd.exe : c:\apache24\bin\httpd.exe

Set as startup

• Open a cmd.exe as Administrator
• cd to C:\apache24\bin
• httpd -k install -n "Apache24"
• Open Apache Monitor in the tray and start the service

Et Voilà!