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Download and Install WAMP on Windows ..................
The file downloads and the
installer opens.
Note: If you get any security
warnings from Windows while
installing, click Yes.
The installation wizard opens.
5 On the first step of the
installer, click Next.
The license agreement
appears.
6 Accept the license agreement
and click Next.
Download and Install WAMP
1 Go to http://www.
wampserver.com/en/.
2 Click Downloads.
3 Click Download WampServer
2.0i.
Note: The version number might
be slightly different.
The File Download dialog box
appears.
4 Click Run.
Download and Install WAMP on Windows
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n order to develop and test PHP pages, you need a Web server and PHP installed on your
computer. Most of the time, you also need a database. Although you can download and install
them separately, a product known as WAMP greatly simplifies the process. WAMP, short for Windows,
Apache, MySQL, PHP, provides a single installer for Apache, a popular open-source Web server, open-
source database MySQL, and PHP itself. Installing them together with WAMP, in addition to saving
time, also frees you from having to worry about configuring them to work together.