php/mysql installation

[Anon]

hello friends,

i am currently getting ready to publish a website on an in-house server. I want to use a form handling app which is coded in PHP. Im pretty sure that the server is not yet ready to handle PHP. What do i need to do to get it properly configured to use PHP. Do i need to install MySQL as well? Do i need to install PHP? Where do i get them? How much do they cost? How do i install them? I appreciate your guys' help. Thanks.

[Anon]

hi Nathan,

php and mysql are opensource and free to use you only need mysql if your website uses databases.php can be download from http://www.php.net and mysql http://www.mysql.com if it is just for form handeling you don't need mysql however if the form(s) uses a database you will need it
you can print the phpinfo to your browserscreen like this

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

if your server is apache you can install php in ywio ways the cgi executable or the module since both ways are different refer to "install.txt" distributed with the php package for help on how todo this

regards