Installing PHP 5 for Apache on Windows
This tutorial walks through the process of installing PHP 5 on Apache for Windows. This tutorial assumes you have already installed Apache web server, if you have not then please consult our Installing Apache section.
First, download the latest version of PHP from the official website. You can install PHP from the Zip archive but for this article we will use the .exe installer.
Scroll down to the Windows Binaries section of the download page. The non-thread-safe download has to do with some compatibility issues between Windows and Unix based platforms. The non-thread-safe download offers better performance but can cause compatibility issues with some add-ons. For this tutorial, download the PHP 5.x installer
