Can PHP be installed on a local machine?

Question

For Web-dev, can the PHP Processor be installed on a regular Windows XP machine, such that viewing PHP files through a browser executes the PHP script? (NOT Windows Serv

Answer 1

Sure. Just download the windows binaries from the php download page. http://www.php.net/downloads.php

You will need a webserver (such as apache) instealled if you want to parse webpages. But, with just that download you can run php scripts.