Get XAMPP, it's an easy to use package including everything needed to run Akelos and the Booklink tutorial (apache, mysql, php, phpmyadmin)

install xampp at the root of a disk, ie:

  c:\xampp

There's a bug in xampp (as of ver. 1.6.3) that prevents php from being used from the commandline. Change the file c:\xampp\php\php.ini, editing the following line:

  extension=php_svn.dll

to make it look like

  ;extension=php_svn.dll

now start XAMPP by double-clicking

  c:\xampp\xampp_start.exe

Note: You can switch from PHP4 to PHP5 or vice versa executing

  C:\xampp\php-switch.bat

Install mod rewrite??? Somebody else confirm this and clean it up…. But it has caused a lot of trouble. You will also need to uncomment this line ”#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so” in the file xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf for the url rewrites to work.

Get Akelos and uncompress it, say in the following directory:

  c:\dev\akelos

Now open a Command Prompt ('accessories' menu), and go to that directory

  cd c:\dev\akelos

We will create the Booklink application in the webserver document root:

  c:\xampp\php\php.exe script/setup -d c:\xampp\htdocs\booklink

This will create the following structure for the booklink application:

  booklink/
      app/ << The application including controllers, views, models and installers
      config/ << Boring configuration files (will do the config via web)
      public/ << This is the only folder made public under /www/htdocs/booklink softlink
      script/ << Utils for code generation and running tests    

First you need to create your database by using the phpMyAdmin web interface at:

  http://localhost/phpmyadmin

You will need these databases

  booklink
  booklink_dev
  booklink_tests

You can now point your browser to

  http://localhost/booklink/public

Follow the steps in the wizard to set up your database, locales and file permissions and generate a configuration file.

Note: on XAMPP, the default database username is 'root' and the password is empty

On your command line, change your directory to go into your application

  cd c:\xampp\htdocs\booklink

You can now continue the regular Booklink tutorial, starting at the “The booklink database structure” section. Remember that whenever the instruction states that you should do something like this:

  ./script/generate scaffold Book

you will have to type it that way

  c:\xampp\php\php.exe script/generate scaffold Book.

If you add PHP to your path, you will be able to type commands like:

  php script/generate scaffold book

Heres how to do it: Right click on `My Computer`, go to the `Advanced` tab and then click the button `Environnment Variables`. In the `System variables` section, select `path` and click `edit`. At the end of the line, add

  ;C:\xampp\php

Open a new Command Prompt and voila!