Configuring a php environment on your own wastes a lot of time; an integrated environment is faster, but adding extensions is more troublesome — in short, each has its advantages.
PHP integrated environments on Windows
phpstudy is currently one of the better integrated environments — it basically covers every php version and its server configuration, and you can switch between versions freely, so when a framework has special requirements, developers don’t have to keep swapping php versions back and forth. Download links phpStudy-x64.zip phpStudy-install.zip phpStudy2014.1404454619.rar phpStudy2013.zip By default the mysql username and password are both root. The appserv integrated environment is only so-so, and so far I’ve only seen a 32-bit build, though it still suits what some companies use. Download link appserv-win32-2.5.10.exe
Linux integrated environments
When I first got into php, configuration was tedious and ate up a lot of time, so I just searched Baidu to see whether an integrated environment existed, and eventually I found one. wdlinux is an environment focused on linux integration; it is a big help for configuration, and it has a dedicated management interface in the backend where you can set up multiple sites site by site. Download link wdlinux wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/erik1314/files/linux_all/wdcp.sh lanmp_v2.5.tar.gz wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/erik1314/files/linux\_all/lanmp\_v2.5.tar.gz The wdcp management system backend is at http://ip:8080 Default username and password: admin wdlinux.cn Default mysql username and password: root wdlinux.cn I won’t go into more detail about phpstudy — there is a linux version too. Download link phpstudy wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/erik1314/files/linux_all/phpstudy.bin
