Setup Nginx Server with PHP on windows

README.md

Downloads:

• nginx webserver
• PHP for Windows

Installation:

1. Extract the nginx to a location. example C:\nginx
2. Extract the PHP for Windows into nginx folder. example C:\nginx\php
3. Configure PHP in nginx:
   1. Remove nginx.conf
   2. add the below nginx.conf :

      location ~ .php$ {
      	root           html;
      	fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
      	fastcgi_index  index.php;
      	fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  C:/nginx/html/$fastcgi_script_name;
      	include        fastcgi_params;
      }

4. To start the nginx server and php:

   @echo OFF
   start C:\nginx\nginx.exe
   start C:\nginx\php\php-cgi.exe -b 127.0.0.1:9000 -c C:\nginx\php\php.ini
   ping 127.0.0.1 -n 1>NUL
   echo Starting nginx
   echo .
   echo ..
   echo ...
   ping 127.0.0.1 >NUL
   exit

5. To stop nginx and php:

   @echo OFF
   taskkill /f /IM nginx.exe
   taskkill /f /IM php-cgi.exe
   exit

6. Check the server at 127.0.0.1 or localhost