PHP Requirements
To be able to run, PHP requires web server, which is responsible for processing the php files and send the results of processing to be displayed in the browser client. Therefore, including server-side PHP scripting (the script that is processed on the server side). Web server software itself is installed on a local computer or another computer in the intranet / internet whose function is to serve web requests from clients. Web server is the most widely used today for PHP is the "Apache" (www.apache.org). In addition to Apache, PHP binary also requires PHP (www.php.net), which can be configured as an Apache module or as CGI application. For data storage medium (database server), PHP used to use "MySQL" (www.mysql.com).