prepare environment for running PHP if you only download package which only contain PHP command lines, not PHP package installer. You need to install Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio(one of versions 2010,2012,2013,2015) from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49984

And you must use the same version visuall studio for building PHP and Apache(Because you run PHP as PHP-apache module which is built from PHP):

• vs2008(VC9)
• vs2010(VC10)
• vs2012(VC11)
• vs2013
• vs2015

(PHP 5.6 and Apache 2.4)

1. Step1: Install PHP package for thread safe (thread safe version contain apache2 module) with extra options
2. Step2:Install Apache version base on apache2 module which contain in PHP package from http://www.apachelounge.com/download/

   apache_2.2.14-win32-x86-no_ssl.msi
   Network Domain: home-vn.com.vn

3. Step3: test apache by go to link http://192.168.1.3/ ⇒ output:

   => It works!

4. Step4: Change configure of httpd.conf for calling PHP as module

   AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
   DirectoryIndex index.php index.htm index.html
   PHPIniDir "C:/Program Files/PHP/"
   LoadModule php5_module "C:/Program Files/PHP/php5apache2_2.dll"

5. step5: Change config of php.ini for loading modules which connecting to MySQL server(must change extension_dir):

   extension_dir = "C:\Program Files (x86)\php-5.4.40\ext"
   [PHP_MYSQLI]
   extension=php_mysqli.dll
   [PHP_PDO_MYSQL]
   extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll

6. Step6: create phpinfo.php for checking modules which loaded by PHP:

   <?php
   phpinfo();
   ?>

   And check by go to http://192.168.1.3/phpinfo.php

7. Step7: Modify httpd.conf to enable mod rewrite:

   LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

1. Step1: Download Apache binary from http://www.apachelounge.com/download/(Base on OS 64bits or 32bits)
2. Step2: Extract download file to drive C on windows. For example:c:\Apache24
3. Step3: Change ServerRoot config in httpd.conf If you extract Apache binary to another directory:

   ServerRoot "c:/Apache24"

4. Step4: Install httpd as an service:

   httpd.exe -k install

   After install, you can check service name in services.msc and see it. And to uninstall

   httpd.exe -k uninstall

refer: https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html