The Web.Developer Server Suite is a Windows-based Platform for the development, testing and deployment of PHP and MySQL websites and applications. Simplify development cycles with a consistent, standardized set of tools. Windows | Apache | PHP | MySQL
Test your web code on your windows machine first before deploying online.
The Web.Developer Server Suite is a Windows-based Platform for the development, testing and deployment of PHP and MySQL websites and applications. Simplify development cycles with a consistent, standardized set of tools. Windows | Apache | PHP | MySQL This release features major configuration structure changes that are Virtual Host centric, bug fixes, and version updates of all components... - Apache 2.2.6 - PHP 5.2.5 - MySQL 5.0.45 - OpenSSL 0.9.8g - mod_security 2.1.3 - phpMyAdmin 2.11.2 - CMS: Drupal 5.3.0, Joomla 1.0.13 - Blog: WordPress 2.3.1 - Wiki: MediaWiki 1.11.0 - Forums: phpBB 2.0.22
v2.00 -- Released November 10, 2007 Version Updates... Apache 2.2.6 over 2.2.4 MySQL 5.0.45 over 5.0.37 PHP 5.2.5 over 5.2.1 OpenSSL 0.9.8g over 0.9.8e mod_security 2.1.3 over 2.1.0 [with core ruleset] phpMyAdmin 2.11.2 over 2.10.0.2 Drupal 5.3.0 over 5.1.0 WordPress 2.3.1 over 2.1.2 Joomla 1.0.13 over 1.0.12 MediaWiki 1.11.0 over 1.9.3 Perl Modules included... DBI 1.59 DBD::MySQL 4.005 Changes... * Major Apache configuration changes [see below] * \www\webroot no longer exists --> \www\vhosts\localhost is now the default Apache DocumentRoot php.ini and my.ini moved from %WINDIR% to \www\php5 [PHPIniDir] and \www\mysql5 [intrinsic search path] Virtual Hosting: 1) Added \www\vhosts directory. Use this as the directory base of your Virtual Hosts. 2) Uncommented 'Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf' under httpd.conf. Use this as the configuration base of your Virtual Hosts. 3) Added two example VHs: host1.tld and host2.tld under conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf and their respectful directories under \www\vhosts httpd Configuration Structure and Function: 1) Modified configuration structure Moved files within conf\Suite-extra to conf\extra Renamed Suite specific configurations files to suite-*.conf Added conf\extra\other directory containing other sample configuration files 2) Modified configuration function Updated configuration to reflect change of \www\webroot to \www\vhosts\localhost .htaccess files are now enabled by default [AllowOverride <level> still needs to be set for specific directories -- defaults to 'Limit'] All *.conf files under conf\extra\vhosts\localhost are automatically loaded via localhost VH blocks for VH:80 [httpd-vhosts.conf] and VH:443 [httpd-ssl.conf] components.conf has been removed and it's role has been integrated under httpd.conf conf\extra\suite-custom.conf has been created for any custom changes that are not appropriate to httpd.conf 3) Other Removed all instances of *.conf.default files as users where confusing them with the *.conf files Global 'AllowOverride' has been relaxed from 'None' to 'Limit' Global 'DefaultType text/plain' changed to 'text/html' Other minor changes 4) PHP is now enabled for all vhosts [suite-php5.conf] 5) Separate cgi-bin is now enabled for all vhosts that have a 'cgi-bin' directory --> \www\vhosts\*\cgi-bin php.ini: Enabled 'extension=php_curl.dll' Updated SMTP string from 'localhost' to 127.0.0.1 as apparently PHP will only take an IP or a FQDN here [win32 specific] 'display_errors = On' other: \www\docs\ created and populated with Suite Guide, Apache2 Manual, mod_security2 guides; \www\WDC\suite-guide no longer exists webdeveloper.php renamed to docs.php; redirect location updated \www\WDC changed to \www\suite-data Added... AWStats v6.7 log analyzer ZendDebugger.dll 5.2.10 to \www\php5\ext and appropriate changes to php.ini, commented out by default \www\docs now contains Suite Guide, Apache2 Manual, mod_security2 guides Removed... analog: replaced with AWStats; looks like analog might have been abandoned mod_aspdotnet: if interested, use official msi to install mod_fastcgi: not enough interest right now, problems with Apache v2.2.6 mod_perl: problems with Apache v2.2.6 Fixes... Moved out PHP FilesMatch security check from within the 'Location' directive, as this is not a valid scope. Updated expired example/test SSL certificates [new certs expire on 6/23/2010] Known Problems... Windows Vista Users: Make sure to run the "Web Developer Controller" application as Administrator, either by selecting "Run as administrator" from the context menu or ticking "Run this program as administrator" in the compatibility tab of the properties of WDController.exe If your system has an Oracle DB installed, Apache will return: [error] Can't load Perl file: /www/Apache22/conf/Suite-extra/perl_extra.pl for server localhost:80, exiting... Edit C:\www\Apache22\conf\extra\mod_perl.conf to comment out line: PerlRequire "/www/Apache22/conf/extra/perl_extra.pl" Notes... Directory permissions are set for Apache's default DocumentRoot [\www\vhosts\localhost] outside of the 'localhost' VH block due to... 1) the fact that we are dealing with two 'localhost' VHs -- VH:80 [http] and VH:443 [https] 2) and that this allows for user to comment out the inclusion of httpd-vhosts.conf [not recommended] Global 'AllowOverride' has been relaxed to 'Limit' [allows 'order allow/deny' within .htaccess] do to the fact that the other method of restricting access from directly within a VH block can present a problem when dealing with hosts that have both http and https URL '/private' is shared between all vhosts
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