Before anything else, let me tell you a story; a story which begins about more than a year ago. I begin to know about server side scripting by learning Active Server Pages (ASP) and later been introduced to the php world by my mates, Crynobone. Although when I’m learning php, I’m still a little bit confused and mixed up between asp & php, I still manage to learn it by referring to codes example and ultimately depends on what I personally like to call as “Quick php Server Setup”, the phpTriad. To put it simple, PHPTriad is a complete PHP development and server environment for Windows that automatically installs PHP, Apache, MySQL, and PHPMyAdmin. It’s quite convenient for noobs like me at that time but I admit, besides the php syntax, I know nothing about what I’m using (more to I don’t really care actually). Be it the server or even the php engine itself, I don’t know or care. So when people around me chattering about what’s the version of php they’re using or what’s the version of the Apache server they’re running on their box….I begin to wonder, I’m absolutely missing something here. So, I took the so called “DIY steps”; uninstall the PHPTriad and begin to install everything appropriate one-by-one. The results? Good, if I may say that and it had been a long time since the first time I setting up all that stuffs manually (Apache, php, mysql, & phpMyAdmin).
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