Installation on Windows systems

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# Installation on Windows systems

## Table of Contents

- Install Requirements
- PECL
- PHP Installer Tools on Windows
- Recommended Configuration on Windows systems
- Manual PHP Installation on Windows
- Building from source
- Command Line PHP on Microsoft Windows
- Apache 2.x on Microsoft Windows
- Troubleshooting PHP on Windows

Installing PHP on modern Microsoft Windows systems and recommended configuration with common web servers.

The Official releases of PHP on Windows are recommended for production use. However, you are welcome to build PHP from Source. You will need a Visual Studio environment. See » Step by Step Build Instructions.

- Using PHP on Windows Command line

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