

To extract ".tar.gz" files under Windows, you can use WinRAR. You can install it where you want, simply replace c:\cygwin by your actual installation path. This post assumes that you install Cygwin in c:\cygwin. You can install it where you want, simply replace c:\mysql by your actual installation path. This post assumes that you install MySQL Win32 (server and client) in c:\mysql. Always replace "Administrator" by your actual Windows username. This post assumes that you are logged on to your Windows machine as the "Administrator" user. I have no idea if it will work with Windows Vista. This post was tested on Windows XP Pro SP3. This post covers the installation and configuration of the following products: Why couldn't I run Nginx and PHP-FPM on my Windows machine as well? Today, I will teach you how to achieve it so you can really say goodbye to Apache! So far, I've always been using the standard "WAMP" setup: Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP.


Are you using Nginx, PHP, PHP-FPM and MySQL on your Linux servers? Are you totally in love with this setup? I do! But, as a Web developer, I also need a local Web server on my Windows machine for testing.
