How to Install Apache 2.4 + PHP 5.6 + MYSQL on Windows

Update 12/27/2018: Follow the updated instruction to setup your environment with the latest version of Apache, PHP, MySQL.

Step 1: Install Apache 2.4

Download Apache 2.4.10 Win32 (httpd-2.4.10-win32-VC11.zip)
Install Apache as a service: run command

bin>httpd.exe -k install

Open browser and type “localhost” to see if it works.

Step 2: Install PHP 5.6

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Re-direct non-www to www domain

For consistency and SEO purposes, this will prevent Google from indexing both www and non-www domain version of your site and avoid duplicated content issue. I prefer to re-direct from non-www to www, so here is my code that I’m using on clipsify.com. Just copy and past into your .htaccess file and it will work right away.

# Redirect from non-www to www
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]
# End Redirect from non-www to www