From 790ad2c8aeb44234934c4add2ee2e15b157bc2a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Keckeis Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 14:27:34 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] remove old recommended way of MSI (pre 5.3) --- _posts/01-05-01-Windows-Setup.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/_posts/01-05-01-Windows-Setup.md b/_posts/01-05-01-Windows-Setup.md index 547f8c8..90c81c1 100644 --- a/_posts/01-05-01-Windows-Setup.md +++ b/_posts/01-05-01-Windows-Setup.md @@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ anchor: windows_setup ## Windows Setup {#windows_setup_title} -PHP is available in several ways for Windows. You can [download the binaries][php-downloads] and until recently you -could use a '.msi' installer. The installer is no longer supported and stops at PHP 5.3.0. +You can download the binaries from [windows.php.net/download][php-downloads]. After the extraction of PHP, it is recommended to set the [PATH][windows-path] to the root of your PHP folder (where php.exe is located) so you can execute PHP from anywhere. For learning and local development you can use the built in webserver with PHP 5.4+ so you don't need to worry about configuring it. If you would like an "all-in-one" which includes a full-blown webserver and MySQL too then tools such @@ -20,7 +19,8 @@ FastCGI built in and ready to go, you just need to configure PHP as a handler. F there is a [dedicated area on iis.net][php-iis] for PHP. -[php-downloads]: http://windows.php.net +[php-downloads]: http://windows.php.net/download/ +[windows-path]: http://www.windows-commandline.com/set-path-command-line/ [wpi]: http://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx [xampp]: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html [easyphp]: http://www.easyphp.org/