You may enter localhost in the first two fields, like I've done. Everything should be very standard, until you reach this screen: Using an installer makes the whole thing much easier.Īfter downloading it, start the installer and accept the license terms etc.

If you're a Windows user, which this tutorial assumes, then please click the download link saying 'Win32 Binary (MSI Installer)'. As of writing, the current version is 2.2.4. Go to the download page, and select the proper download link under the header saying something like 'Apache HTTP Server X.X.X is the best available version'. Giving a direct link to a download would not make sense, since Apache is often updated. Apache is free software, which, very simply put, means that the source code is available and you don't have to pay for it.Īpache can be downloaded from. You may not want to run a public webserver on your machine, but Apache is good for testing purposes as well, it's very easy to setup, and it works great with PHP. Requirements: Installing Apache webserverĪpache is the webserver, which makes sure that your machine becomes capable of serving webpages.

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