After reading through David Powers set up instructions for a PHP Server environment I thought that things were ready to roll but unfortunately have come up against the same error message each time I attempt a database connection on my sample PHP page. Rather than using an easy install method like WAMP, I've separately installed MYSQL and PHP.

I noticed this thread just minutes ago and while related to what I've been trying to accomplish for several days now I thought I'd see if someone could offer troubleshooting assistance. I therefore just moved the If I run into a snag, I'll do the Terminator thing.

)Īnyway, I have a partitioned HDD, with a system (C) drive and a data (D) drive, the whole point of this being that if I get a virus or if my XP Pro becomes to sludgy and I need to do a reinstall, I don't have the hassle of having to copy all of my data files (a nightmare of a scenario!), so I am definitely minded to keep my website files on my D drive. these details are NOT irrelevant!), which might in fact make it impossible to install the server there, since there is no 'exe' support milieu on a non-system, or data, drive? (Yeps, this started out as a querry but ended up being a mini-lecture. I'm curious, Tom, as to whether, after having found out about how to make changes in the nf file, you decided to go back to your original plan of placing your website files on the second ('D', in the case you mentioned) drive, which, I presume (and you may have indicated this in the above), is strictly a data drive, not a system drive (actually, you only indicate that 'D' is a partition, you do not indicate whether it is a system or a data partition. (FYI, wamp is 8Gb and the Will post again if I have further questions. It's that site (content) I want to move to another partition on my HD. If correct, I think its the I have at least one site that has lots of large files (jpegs and pdfs). Am I correct in understanding the server is the application system and www is where the web sites are stored? Am I also correct in understanding they don't have to be on the same drive?

I could use a little help understanding the difference between the server or the www. Always learn and the feedback makes me get clearer on what I need.

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