PHP: Software for php Development

\ I just found this XAMPP. This is preconfigured apache,php + mysql. You can just download the zip file and extract it and use it any where. No installation required. It has all configured. You can use notepad++ to edit your php files. Place you files in htdocs folder and run xampp_start. Xampp will be running after mysql and apache has started. I have been carrying this in my usb drive for one month i can use it on any computer. Just go to the xampp folder and run xampp_start.exe file and your PHP development environment is running :) After running the xampp_start.exe file you will see the following screen if xampp starts succesfully. If the screen disappears then there must be some problem. Then run setup_xampp.bat to reconfigure xampp for that system. Now run xampp_start.exe again. This is the quote from their website about windows version The distribution for Windows 98, NT, 2000, 2003, XP and Vista. This version contains: Apache, MySQL, PHP + PEAR, Perl, mod_php, mod_perl, mod_ssl, OpenSSL, phpMyAdmin, Webalizer, Mercury Mail Transport System for Win32 and NetWare Systems v3.32, Ming, JpGraph, FileZilla FTP Server, mcrypt, eAccelerator, SQLite, and WEB-DAV + mod_auth_mysql. Run xampp_control.exe to see the current status of applications running. Here apache and mysql must be running for you to create advanced applications in php that use database. Make sure that apache is running. Get Xampp Here Get Notepad++ Here