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In this tutorial, we’re going to learn how to install a local webserver. This is really quite important most especially if you are now dealing with dynamic and database driven websites. And to save us from headaches and sudden hair loss, we’re gonna be using a very sophisticated and robust program called wampserver.

So what is WampServer?
WampServer is a Windows web development environment. It allows you to create web applications with Apache, PHP and the MySQL database. It also comes with PHPMyAdmin and SQLiteManager to easily manage your databases.

WampServer installs automatically installer, and its usage is very intuitive. You will be able to tune your server without even touching the setting files.

WampServer Installation

1. Download the wampserver installer on your hard drive.
2. Double click the installer icon.
   
3. A message box will pop up, just click yes and proceed to the next step.
   
4. The installation wizard will come out and will guide you through the rest of the installation process. Just go ahead and follow the instructions.
   
   
5. This time, you are now ready to install wampserver on your pc. Go ahead and click install.
   
6. When the installation is almost done, a window will pop up asking you to set your default browser. If you are already running firefox or internet explorer it will automatically detect your running browser and will ask you if you’re going to use the currently running browser. Just click yes and you’re almost done.
   
7. This time the wizard will ask you to set the php mail parameters. Just leave it set to default and click Next and you’re done!
   
8. Now click the Finish button
   
9. You can check the status of your webserver through the wamp icon located on your system tray. White color means all services are running and red indicates an error on the configuration file or the installation process. If one ore more services are not running the icon will turn to yellow.
10. Now you’re ready to test your new webserver. Go ahead and fire-up your web browser and type http://localhost/ on your browser’s address bar. If everything works fine, you will see the wampserver page being displayed on your browser.
    

That covers the first part of this tutorial. In the next tutorial, I’m gonna be showing you the flexibility of wampserver when dealing with modules and extensions.