Server thingy for Windows

[slaughteredlamb]

I can't remember what they are called but can anyone recommend one of those 'all in one' programs which installs Apache server, PHP5, MYSQL and ideally PHPMyAdmin all in one go on a Windows PC?

Looking to build a few new websites and want a test server before paying out for hosting.

Ta

[Matt]

xampp

[sickpuppy]

I always liked WAMP
http://www.wampserver.com/en/

There are several including XAMPP that can run from a usb stick which can be handy

[slaughteredlamb]

I always liked WAMP
http://www.wampserver.com/en/

There are several including XAMPP that can run from a usb stick which can be handy

Ooh that could be useful! Thanks both of you, will download both of them and see which is best.

[Jeep Stone]

I've always preferred WAMP

[Chris H]

XAMPP here!

Runs from a directory so doesn't go tinkering with the registry.

And they like us penguin botherers. Tis running on my laptop.

[Mr Anderson]

Xampp for us too, we use that on our development machine and also use the mobile version on a flash drive for when we visit clients without laptops.

[neal]

another vote for xampp on windows from me.

the only 'issue' is that if you reconfigure apache to run on a different port, the phpmyadmin and xampp status pages don't launch properly from the xampp control panel & you have to add the port designation manually into the url. however; that's only a problem if you're also serving out pages (asp, jsp, coldfusion, whatever) using a different web server on the same machine at the same time.