Windows Apache & PHP Installation

1. Download Apache (Windows version)

https://www.apachelounge.com/download/

2. Download PHP (Windows version)

https://windows.php.net/download

3. Install Apache

• Unzip httpd-2.4.62-240718-win64-VS17.zip
• Move extracted directory Apache24 to X:\Apache24
• Add or modify the following lines in httpd.conf (X:\Apache24\conf\httpd.conf):

Define SRVROOT "X:/Apache24"
Define DOCROOT "Y:/htdocs"
Define SRVNAME "your.domain"

Define CERTDOC "Y:/cert/domain"
ServerAdmin "admin@${SRVNAME}"
ServerName "${SRVNAME}:80"
DocumentRoot "${DOCROOT}"
<Directory "${DOCROOT}">

• To rotate logs modify the following lines in httpd.conf:

ErrorLog "|bin/rotatelogs.exe -l ${DOCROOT}/logs/error-%Y%m%d.log 86400"
CustomLog "|bin/rotatelogs.exe -l ${DOCROOT}/logs/access-%Y%m%d.log 86400" common

• To increase Max Client Connections

Uncomment the following line in httpd.conf:
Include conf/extra/httpd-mpm.conf

•  To enable SSL:

Uncomment the following lines in httpd.conf:

LoadModule socache_shmcb_module modules/mod_socache_shmcb.so
LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so
Include conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf

Add or modify the following lines in httpd-ssl.conf (conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf):

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName ${SRVNAME}
Redirect permanent / https://${SRVNAME}/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost _default_:443>
#DocumentRoot "${SRVROOT}/htdocs"
ServerName ${SRVNAME}:443
#ServerAdmin admin@example.com
#ErrorLog "${SRVROOT}/logs/error.log"
#TransferLog "${SRVROOT}/logs/access.log"
SSLCertificateFile "${CERTDOC}/fullchain1.pem"
SSLCertificateKeyFile "${CERTDOC}/privkey1.pem"

4. Install PHP

• Unzip php-8.3.10-Win32-vs16-x64.zip
• Move php-8.3.10-Win32-vs16-x64 to X:\php 
• Modify the following lines in httpd.conf:

<IfModule dir_module>
    DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
</IfModule>

LoadModule php_module "X:/php/php8apache2_4.dll"
<IfModule php_module>
PHPIniDir "X:\php"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .html
</IfModule>

• Copy php/php.ini-production to php/php.ini
• Change or uncomment the following lines in php.ini:

extension_dir = "X:\php\ext"
date.timezone = Asia/Taipei

• Enable curl in PHP:

Copy php/libssh2.dll to Apache24/bin

Uncomment the following lines in php.ini:

extension=curl
extension=openssl

• Enable MBstring (Big5 encoding) in PHP:

Uncomment the following line in php.ini:

extension=mbstring

5. Done!