this is the xampp server download link:



http://www.apachefriends.org/download.p ... taller.exe



This server contains apache, mysql, ftp(filezilla) and mail(mercury) server compiled,


simply extract it anywhere on ur computer, the goto its folder, there will be a file: setup_xampp , run it to setup xampp, then run the xampp-control.exe from same folder, this will open the window, simply start the apache and mysql only, donot mess with ant other thing at the moment, it may cause windows to become unstable,



now server is setup,



the php files need to be in the htdocs folder inside xampp folder,



to run those files from server, open in browser:



http://localhost/filename



means, tht localhost points to the htdocs folder, the files in it will appear, any subdirectly will act in similar way too.



just typing localhost in address bar will open xampp control panel, its not much of use at this point, except for the link to phpmyadmin, which is the tool to manage mysql databases.



it can also be direcltly accessed via: http://localhost/phpmyadmin



Now you require knowledge of php n mysql both, so first you need to get accustomed with both, simply download any script from net, like joomla, drupal or wordpress from joomla.org or drupal.org or wordpress.org



extract them n copy to htdocs folder n run from browser by link as localhost/joomla or what ever u named it subfolder to, and play around with it.