WAMP
My first day back in class had it’s advantages. For one, I was able to see a lot of friends whose faces I’d nearly forgotten. Secondly, I was able to spread the news about NetVibes, which I haven’t posted on yet, but will in the near future.Lastly, I was forced to get a server set up with at least PHP 5 enabled. It was also suggested I use Apache. And while I haven’t done so seriously in the past, I figured it wouldn’t hurt and may just broaden my horizons from IIS. Going one step further, I went ahead and installed MySQL 5. It took a bit of setup and some debugging, but I’ve finally created a WAMP Server: Windows as the operating system, Apache as the web server, MySQL as the database system and PHP as the scripting language. Very soon, I will be able to join the ‘rest of the crowd’ and have a LAMP Server (Linux as the operating system), but my only Linux box is sitting quietly in a corner now. Considering my little experience with Unix, getting it set up may prove a little bit more d