Needing help with Installing Apache

[Mr Initial Man]

If all I intend to do is use Apache for local web development (I.E. running PHP on my own computer), what do I put for my domain?

[NogDog]

"localhost"

[Mr Initial Man]

I have to install PHP andd MySQL seperately, right?

[TheBearMay]

I have to install PHP andd MySQL seperately, right?

Unless you've downloaded something like WAMP which bundles it all together....

[Mr Initial Man]

*Nods.* I did indeed download Apache seperately.

First off, I'm trying to get SHTML to work with this. :-/

[Mr Initial Man]

So how do you configure Apache to return shtml as something other than plain text?

[CyCo]

Here's the relevant scheme I use in httpd.conf.

#
# Each directory to which Apache has access can be configured with respect
# to which services and features are allowed and/or disabled in that
# directory (and its subdirectories). 
#
# First, we configure the "default" to be a very restrictive set of 
# features.  
#
<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks Includes
    AllowOverride None
</Directory>

#
# Note that from this point forward you must specifically allow
# particular features to be enabled - so if something's not working as
# you might expect, make sure that you have specifically enabled it
# below.
#

#
# Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",
# or any combination of:
#   Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
#
# Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
# doesn't give it to you.
#
# The Options directive is both complicated and important.  Please see
# http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/core.html#options
# for more information.
#
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes

#
# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
# It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
#   Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
#

#
# Filters allow you to process content before it is sent to the client.
#
# To parse .shtml files for server-side includes (SSI):
# (You will also need to add "Includes" to the "Options" directive.)
#
AddType text/html .shtml
AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml

#

There are numerous ways to set up Apache, but I can vouch for the above configuration to parse .shtml files.

[Mr Initial Man]

Yay! Thank you!

[CyCo]

You're welcome.

[Mr Initial Man]

Would you also please help me set up PHP?