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Hi Larry Sorry being a bit dim here but I don't know what you mean. I've got my PHP info file open but not sure what I'm supposed to be looking for. Do you mean the 'Configure Comand' details? Deb

Hi All I downloaded XAMPP 1.7.7 for Windows and followed Larry's installation guide. I've been working through the testing process and all was proving to be a tick in the box until I got to 'configure PHP'. My php info script told me that the php.ini file was in C:windows but it's not there. I've also double checked in the PHP folder and it';s not there either. It does say in the book that if you can't find this file then you'll need to download the file from the PHP website. I've been on the PHP site but can't find a way of downloading just that file. Any ideas? I'd really like to avoid having to un-install and start all over again if possible. Thanks Deb

Hi All Thanks for your responses and sorry for taking so long to respond. My hard drive crashed for one last time and died! I Now have a shiny new hard drive and the dowload worked a treat.......well almost.... I've created a new thread with my next problem - to do with my php.ini file. Thanks Deb

Hi I'm pretty competent with HTML and CSS and needed my next step to be to create a dynamic site. I therefore bought this book. However, I've come unstuck already with the Apache server. I've never worked with Web server applications before, so don't understand the terminology and don't quite know what to do with it now it's downloaded. I've been on the Apache site but am now more confused than before. So am thinking that I should start with the quick start guide book instead. Before I rush off to Amazon to buy the quick start book please could you confirm that it will give me a step by step intro into setting up and using a Web server application from a real beginners point of view. BTW I have tested the server by keying http:/localhost into my browser and I'm getting the "it works" message. So It's loaded correctly but when I key key in the extension /first.php I'm getting 'the webpage cannot be found' error message so now I'm stuck! Thanks for your help Deb P