PHP in Windows 2000

can i run PHP under MS Windows 2000 platform? Or i must setup a LINUX?

If LINUX is a must, then any recommended? SuSE? Red Hat? or others?

Yes, you can run PHP on Win2k. You can either use IIS (I believe it comes with Win2k?) or download Apache and use that.

I've run Apache, PHP, and MySQL on Windows without a problem for atleast half a year now.

Thx Hobo, where can i get a copy of Apache? Which you prefer? IIS or Apache?

BTW, do you have any better application for Maintain the MySQL database server under Win2000? rather than the MySqlManager.exe

PhpMyadmin is the best of choice for managing mysql.

I run a test website using IIS, PHP and MySQLAdmin. It all works quite happily together. As for IIS vs Apache, I only use IIS because it is a test environ and it came with Win2K. If it was a production server, I'd use Apache.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/phptriad This is Apache, PHP and MySQL in 1, Install it and this withh add PHP/MySQL to it.. No need to download 3 things when you can download 1. YIt doesnt come with PHPMyAdmin though.

BTW: Version 1.3.xx of Apache is best (version 2.xx.xx doesnt work too well with PHP and a lot of PHP Scripts ;))

I have only ever used Apache & Xitami as webservers (IIS = security hole if u dont patch ur windows regularly! [ well so is apache, but u no ;) ] )