IIS etc

[darossi]

I am creating (well, trying) a web site in Dreamweaver that uses PHP to retrieve data from a MySql database. Currently my SQL database is on my web server who do not allow remote access so I cannot get Dreamweaver to connect to it. Because of this, I wish to create a "dummy" SQL database on my own PC and use dreamweaver to connect to the database and use DW's full fucntionailty. Question is...

1) Do I need IIS installed to do this?

2) If I install IIS, can anyone access my computer or the information on it? I only want to use it as a testing server.

ANy advice appreciated.

[rehfeld]

why not install php, apache, and mysql on your computer?

you could use IIS if you want, but you would prob be much happier using apache.

you can get a preconfigured package that comes with an installer, making it very easy for you.

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html