Local Webserver are locally installed server in your own PC . So , you can run your server side script without connecting to internet

• Problems

  You want to execute server side script in your computer
  You want to run php script in your computer
  You want testing server for your website

Software

There are a lot of software for creating local server . Among them here are list of Six software which can be used with different system

• WAMP

  • INTRODUCTION : WampServer is a Windows web development environment. It allows you to create web applications with Apache2, PHP and a MySQL database. Alongside, PhpMyAdmin allows you to manage easily your databases.
  • URL : http://www.wampserver.com/en/

• XAMPP

  • INTRODUCTION : XAMPP is a completely free, easy to install Apache distribution containing MariaDB, PHP, and Perl. The XAMPP open source package has been set up to be incredibly easy to install and to use.
  • URL : https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html

• MAMP

  • INTRODUCTION : MAMP stands for Macintosh, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. MAMP is an application you can install on your Mac which allows you to have access to a local PHP server and MySQL server.
  • URL : https://www.mamp.info/en/

• Zend

  • INTRODUCTION : WampServer is a Windows web development environment. It allows you to create web applications with Apache2, PHP and a MySQL database. Alongside, PhpMyAdmin allows you to manage easily your databases.
  • URL : http://www.wampserver.com/en/

• AMPPS

  • INTRODUCTION : WampServer is a Windows web development environment. It allows you to create web applications with Apache2, PHP and a MySQL database. Alongside, PhpMyAdmin allows you to manage easily your databases.
  • URL : http://www.wampserver.com/en/

• EasyPHP

  • INTRODUCTION : WampServer is a Windows web development environment. It allows you to create web applications with Apache2, PHP and a MySQL database. Alongside, PhpMyAdmin allows you to manage easily your databases.
  • URL : http://www.wampserver.com/en/

WAMP

WampServer is a Windows web development environment. It allows you to create web applications with Apache2, PHP and a MySQL database. Alongside, PhpMyAdmin allows you to manage easily your databases.

Installing

• Step 1

  -- Make sure your system has "up to date" versions of ALL these redistributable packages:- According to your system ( X86 , X64)Download
  --- Microsoft Visual C/C++ Redistributable 2008 (VC9),
  --- Microsoft Visual C/C++ Redistributable 2010 (VC10),
  --- Microsoft Visual C/C++ Redistributable 2012 (VC11),
  --- Microsoft Visual C/C++ Redistributable 2013 (VC13),
  --- Microsoft Visual C/C++ Redistributable 2015 (VC14)

• Step 2
  Visit WAMP website and follow instruction to download WAMP
  
• Step 3
  Double click on the downloaded file and just follow the instructions. Everything is automatic. The WampServer package is delivered whith the latest releases of Apache, MySQL and PHP.
  
• Step 4
  Open the WAMP software installed in your system
  Icon must change it's to green inorder to work , if it does not change check out and install it , If you have already install it go to Troubleshooting section below .
  If it change to green , open your browser and open localhost url , It must shows below screen
  
  You have finish your installing

Running Your First website

• Step 1

  -- Create a file named index.html and add some html code
  ---Put it into a folder

• Step 2
  Left click on the WAMP icon and click on Add Alias as shown below
  Now insert your detail in the screen with URL and folder name where you store your index.html file.
  
• Step 3
  Open the url in the browser , If it show your index.html file , you have successfully run your first website in your browser
  

Troubleshooting

Here are list of problems that you may face and their solution , Click on respective question to expand it

• WAMP shows error msvcr100.dll is missing when install ??

  • The MSVCR100.dll file is part of the Microsoft Visual C++, redistributables. You can install them and see if this solves your problem. After you install the above check if your wamp installation is correctly setup.
    Install all the file given int he requirement .

• wampserver php-win.exe the program cant start because msvcr110.dll is missing ??

  • The MSVCR100.dll file is part of the Microsoft Visual C++, redistributables. You can install them and see if this solves your problem. After you install the above check if your wamp installation is correctly setup.
    Install all the file given int he requirement .
  • If it does not solve , go to system32 folder and search for it . If you did not found it search file in internet , download it and put into system32 folder.

• Software
• Installing WAMP
• First Website
• Troubleshooting