Basic Windows install question...

[tutuman]

I have a clean install of windows xp and I wanted to install os commerce on my machine to configure a test site.

I know pretty much little about installing PHP or MySQL through windows and what steps need to be taken. Does anybody know a good tutorial they can point me to that would show me step by step how to install the prereqs for oSCommerce and then installing osCommerce through a windows terminal?

[jasonabc]

Installing PHP, MySQL and Apache separeately is pretty long-winded. Try this:

 

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

 

It's an Apache distro which contains the whole lot and sets it all up for you. Download OSC from the Downloads section and run the installer. Or just do it do a manual install (copy the files to your web root, run the oscommerce.sql file on the database and put the paths into the two config.php files)

 

In order to access your database, and run SQL queries and files on it - install PhPMyAdmin - it's a great MySQL admin tool.

[tutuman]

Installing PHP, MySQL and Apache separeately is pretty long-winded. Try this:

 

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

 

It's an Apache distro which contains the whole lot and sets it all up for you. Download OSC from the Downloads section and run the installer. Or just do it do a manual install (copy the files to your web root, run the oscommerce.sql file on the database and put the paths into the two config.php files)

 

In order to access your database, and run SQL queries and files on it - install PhPMyAdmin - it's a great MySQL admin tool.

 

thank you! ill give this a shot and update on progress