How to install a webserver

Hi!
I'm new on this forum and i'm registered in ict2613,the problem is that I don't know where to start!Please help
I'm using windows vista and i have no idea on how to install a web server,all that i'm reading confse me more.
i installed the easy php software and the pspad i found on the compact disk.Now i don't know where to save my work.
Please help it's urgent

Well, if you've installed the easyPHP software,it means ur server is ready to use.You must save ur work(save as xxxx.php) on ur server. Look where you have installed easyPHP,its propably in C:/program files/EasyPHP. Then under there will be a folder named www. You must save your php pages in that www directory.
Create a new file in your pspad and put the code

Language: PHP
<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Save it in there.Open your browser and type "127.0.0.1" without the quotes.That is your localhost and it will open your file that you have created in your editor. If you see Info about PHP in your browser, then everything is right.

Thanx Mariuspieenar,you hepled alots and it's working now.
Let's start then

Hi,

I am having problems on running apache. the message i have been getting says "Apache can not be runned. another web server use the web port or port is blocked by firewall", and firewall is tunned off.
before that i was getting the green trafic light on mySQL but red on apache. changing to XAMPP, apache can not be started only mysql can. please help!

This has been addressed in other threads. Do some searching here, as well as in previous forums.