Setting Up Server, PHP, MySQL... HELP!!

[chestertb]

Am awfully confused.
Trying to go that one step further and set up/learn php and mysql, so need to install a server on my machine, and then install php and mysql.
Running win2k
Have installed the Abyss server (that was easy).
It has set up the server root as C:\Program Files\Abyss Web Server
Have installed mySQL (seemed easy... maybe not!)
It has installed itself in C:\mysql
seems to be running ok, and when I ran mysqld --console from the dos prompts, it ran as per instructions.
However, when I try to run the tutorial, it tells me that it does not have access to the server.
Logic... are things installed above the server's root recognised by the server? Should I create a folder C:\server, make that the root, and install mySQL and PHP in there?
Is there an easier way to get all this running?
Thanks

CTB

[pyro]

It should run fine from their current directories. Not sure what the problem is, from what you've said. You could try something like PHP Triad (http://sourceforge.net/projects/phptriad) to install them all at once, but I've never used it, so I don't know how it works. When I did it, I just installed them all individually.

[chestertb]

Thanks Pyro,

I guess I know what I'll be doing for the rest of the weekend.

I really need to get out more!

Cheers
CTB

[pyro]

Sure thing. Hope it works for you. :)