Please for the love of god, download the threaded version. I spent over an hour trying to figure out why php5apache2.dll could not be found, and while desperately looking through manuals I went into the php 5 structure and found that it doesn't exist in the non-threaded version.This really could use a mention somewhere other than the PHP 5 structure, like the paragraph to the left of the homepage which talks about which PHP version to choose, or this part of the manual which covers Apache... Anywhere but structure, seriously. I would have never guessed to look there.

Installing Apache and PHP on Windows 7 Home Premium on a Gateway NV75S laptop with a quad AMD A6-3400MAll I need to do with these programs is to test my website out on my laptop.  I have HTML and PHP files. I do not need MySQL as I use html5 storage.Getting and installing Apache1  In your browser go to h t t p : / / h t t p d . a p a c h e . o r g / d o w n l o a d . c g i   (without the spaces)2  Click on  httpd-2.2.22-win32-x86-no_ssl.msi   (this is a self-installing executable file without crypto ... no Secure Socket Layer)   (2.2.22 was the latest version on April 25, 2012)3  Click on the httpd-2.2.22-win32-x86-no_ssl.msi file after it downloads    (single click on the file tab in Chrome or double click on the actual file in Downloads)4  Click Next5  Click I accept the terms in the license agreement6  Click Next7  Click Next8  Type localhost in the top box9  Type localhost in the middle box10 Type admin@localhost.com in the bottom box11 Click Next12 Click Next13 Click Next14 Click Install and wait15 Cick Yes to allow the program to make changes16 Click FinishTesting Apache1  Type localhost in your browser location box (I use Chrome) or type h t t p : / / l o c a l h o s t   (without the spaces)2  The message It works! should appear.Getting and installing PHP1  In your browser go to h t t p : / / w i n d o w s . p h p . n e t / d o w n l o a d /   (without the spaces)2  Click on the Installer link under PHP 5.3 (5.3.10)   VC9 x86 Thread Safe   (Ignore the Do NOT use VC9 version with apache.org binaries comment on the side panel)3  Click on the php-5.3.10-Win32-VC9-x86.msi file after in downloads   (single click on the file tab in Chrome or double click on the actual file in Downloads)4  Click Next5  Click I accept the terms in the License Agreement6  Click Next7  Click Next8  Click Apache 2.2.x Module9  Click Next10 Click Browse11 Double click Apache Software Foundation12 Double click Apache 2.213 Double click conf14 Click OK15 Click Next16 Click Next17 Click Install and wait18 Cick Yes to allow the program to make changes19 Click FinishTesting PHP with Apache1  Open Notepad2  Type 'left bracket character'?php phpinfo(); ?'right bracket character'3  Save the file to C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs as test.php4  Type localhost/test.php in your browser location box (I use Chrome) or type h t t p : / / l o c a l h o s t / t e s t . p h p5  A table with title PHP Version ... should appearDONE

Running PHP under FastCGI:Besides the following in your httpd.conf    LoadModule fcgid_module modules/mod_fcgid.so      FcgidInitialEnv PHPRC "c:/php"     AddHandler fcgid-script .php      FcgidWrapper "c:/php/php-cgi.exe" .phpRemember to add the following to the default <Directory "C:/apache/htdocs"> block (or virtual host blocks):    Options ExecCGI

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!CRITICAL NOTE:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Just installed latest PHP on latest apache (17.04.2025)Add this string after LoadModule, or nothing works!:AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

If you are having issues getting the PHPIniDir or LoadModule directives to work and all the suggestions already given do not help, double-check if you are not using fancy quotes around your paths (‘ ’  “ ”).This happened to me because I copied the statements from a random website. In my text editor the difference was barely noticeable, but to Apache it certainly is!For example, this will not work:PHPIniDir “C:/PHP7”But this will work:PHPIniDir "C:/PHP7"

This for the fastest architecture of Apache on Windows faster than as module for phpEnable mod_proxy and mod_proxy_fcgi in httpd.conf and run setx PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN "15" /msetx PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS "1000" /mand download RunHiddenConsole.exe  and start php with c:\hidden\RunHiddenConsole.exe C:\PHP\php-cgi.exe -b 127.0.0.1:9000 and set on VirtualHost :<Files ~ "\.(php|phtml)$">     SetHandler "proxy:fcgi://127.0.0.1:9000#"    ProxyFCGIBackendType GENERIC    ProxyFCGISetEnvIf "true" SCRIPT_FILENAME "C:%{reqenv:SCRIPT_FILENAME}"     </Files>retar the Apache service and have fun. Cheers from one huge fan of