hey there.... im currently working on a DB program that will be installed onto a computer that does not have ISS/Apache installed on it.... im wanting to use PHP/MySQL, but am unsure as to whether you can do this without having some sort of web server service installed on the computer as well
essentially: can i install PHP and MySQL on a computer (say windows 98) without installing any sort of web server service? thanks for any help
yeah, you can definately do it, you just wont be able to run php scripts and see their output by going to a url like http://localhost/script.php but you can trigger the php interpreter by calling it from the command line like 'php -f C:\folder\phpfile.php'
if you plan on testing php apps that use html code and forms, you wont be able to succesfully test them, but if you want utility applications, you can use the command line like that.
yeah crappy, thats kinda what i thought - that i wouldnt be able to create *.php scripts to run.... the idea is to run a DB app through webpages, but it looks like i might not be able to, unless we put apache on their system, which i kinda wanted to avoid
hi,
go to downloads section
download the easyphp1.8 installer
that will install php,apache,mysql latest version
regards,
bvsureshbabu
Well, it's kind of hard to have any sort of web site without a web server.... 
Why did you wish to avoid having one?
we're trying to allow the client "ease of maintenance"... they are a non-profit organization and we are doing this software for them for free, they also do not have an IT person.... so if anything should happen to change their computer needs, and they need to reload this software, we want it to be simple-dimple for them
