For open-source Web servers, the most popular stack of softwareis the Apache server, MySQL database, and PHP scripting language.Drawing from their initials, implementations of this on Windows ...

As much as I’d love to chase down why php_gd2.dll wasn’t being recognized, I’m a busy guy and I have an editor waiting … so, let’s try XAMPP.

In addition to Apache, MySQL, and PHP, XAMPP includes the phpMyAdmin database administration tool, FileZilla FTP server, Mercury mail server, Perl programming language, and JSP server Tomcat.