PHPnow

PHPnow is a green free Apache + PHP + MySQL environment package package under Win32. PHPnow software is easy to install and quickly build a PHP environment that supports virtual hosts. Comes with PnCp.cmd control panel to help you quickly configure your suite and is very convenient to use. Friends who need to download and use the phpnow software can download it for free directly from the Huajun Software Park.

PHPnow software introduction

PHPnow is green and non-toxic. After decompression, execute Setup.cmd to initialize, and you will get a PHP + MySQL environment.

Then you can directly install Discuz!, PHPWind, DeDe, WordPress and other programs.

PHPnow Chinese application framework PHPnow framework provides safe and fast PHP development solutions. PHPnow framework adopts the internationally recognized MVC idea and is developed in OOP mode. It is easy to expand, stable, super powerful load capacity, enterprise-level security deployment, and focuses on the development of modern, safe and fast Internet application development, PHPnow renamed ServKit!

PHPnow installation tutorial

1.First download the latest version of PHPnow from this site, which is version 1.5.6 of PHPnow. This is the last version of PHPnow. PHPnow is no longer updated.

2.Unzip the PHPnow-1.5.6.zip you downloaded, it will look like below. You can also unzip it to any folder you want to install it to, but be careful! ! The folder cannot contain Chinese! Then click Setup.cmd to install, pay attention! ! ! In order for PHPnow to be installed smoothly, please choose to open the installation program with administrator rights, as shown below:

3.Following the previous step, a command window will appear. The first step prompts you to select the Apache version. Here we generally choose the recommended mode. Enter "20" in the command box, and then press Enter to proceed to the next step~ If it prompts that the Apache port is occupied If there is a problem, you can refer to another document to make relevant modifications:

4.Solution to the problem that port 80 is occupied when PHPnow installs Apache

5.In the command box that prompts you to select the MySQL version, select the recommended mode, enter "50", and press Enter to install PHPnow.

6.It prompts "Decompression completed! Do you want to initialize Init.cmd?> Please select (y/n):" Just enter y and press Enter.

7.Then it prompts "Now set the password for the MySQL root user. Important! Please remember", we set a password, but the password must be remembered. Set "123456" here to facilitate demonstration.

8.Prompt "All done!! You will be able to see the default page of PHPnow! Press any key to continue"

9.At this time, the browser will open the default test page of 127.0.0.1phpnow, as shown below. Enter the MySQL password we just set and test to see if the installation is successful.

10.The following is what a successful installation looks like, so that we can install and test the website through the environment built by phpnow.

phpnow usage tutorial

​ ​ 1. Go to the installation directory of phpnow, you can see files with names related to apache, php, and mysql.

​ ​ 2. There is also htdocs, which is used to store the running directory files. You can understand the rest by yourself.

3. We can see that there is a dos file in the root directory. Click in and you will come to the dos command operation interface of phpnow.

4. phpnow provides a series of operations such as starting and shutting down individual components, as well as configuring virtual hosts, ports, etc.

5. Enter 30 and press Enter to stop using the environment

​​ 6. Open the dos file again, enter 20, and you can restart the phpnow environment.

7. In the dos interface, there are many commands. Enter the corresponding number and press Enter to enter the corresponding editing or operation interface.

For example: Enter 0 and press Enter to quickly configure the virtual host.

8. There are not many operations in the phpnow dos command. You can understand them after using them.

phpnow uninstall method

      Uninstall phpnow method one

​​ 1. Delete services: Right-click on My Computer>Manage>Services and Applications>Services. Delete httpd (apache) and mysql services.

​ ​ 2. Run PnCp.cmd in phpnow, enter 33 and confirm.

      Uninstall phpnow method two

1. There is a pn folder in the PHPNOW directory, find config.cmd, open it with Notepad, start on line 5, set htd_svc=Apache_pn, change the name here, set htd_port=80, set myd_svc=MySQL5_pnset myd_port=3306, and then run Init. cmd reinstall

PHPNow FAQ

      1. How to upgrade PHPNow to PHP version 5.3.5?

​ ​ 1. First download PHP5.3.5

​ ​ 2. Unzip the downloaded file to the installation directory of phpnow. The name cannot contain Chinese characters. It is recommended to just "php5.3".

3. Copy "php-5.2.14-Win32/php-apache2handler.ini" to "php5.3".

​ 4. Modify the apache configuration file "Apache-**/conf/httpd.conf" and change "php-5.2.14-Win32" to "php5.3".

5. Modify the "php5.3/php-apache2handler.ini" file, search for "extension_dir=", and change the following "php-5.2.14-Win32" to "php5.3".

​ ​ 6. Go back to the root directory and run "PnCp.cmd", enter "23" - press Enter, and restart apache.

The above directory description: "php5.3" is the decompression directory in the second step, and "php-5.2.14-Win32" is the directory of the original PHP5.2.

      2. phpnow cannot find D:Windowssystem327z.exe

Solution: Copy 7z.dll and 7z.exe in the phpnow package to the WindowsSystem32 folder on the system disk;

      3. Port 80 is occupied during phpnow installation

Solution: Start-Control Panel-Management Tools-Internet Information Services-Local Computer-Website-Default Website Right-click to stop as shown below

PHPnow update log

1.Fix some bugs

2. Optimized some functions