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Setting Local Web Server PHP script executes on a web server running PHP. So before you start writing any PHP program you need the following program installed on your computer. 1)The Apache Web server 2)The PHP engine 3)The MySQL database server You can either install them individually or choose a pre-configured package for your operating systems like Linux and Windows. Popular pre-configured packages are XAMPP and WampServer. WampServer is a Windows web development environment. It allows you to create web applications with Apache2, PHP, and a MySQL database. It will also provide the MySQL administrative tool PhpMyAdmin to easily manage your databases using a web browser. First PHP Script Now that you have successfully installed WampServer on your computer. In this section, we will create a very simple PHP script that displays the text "Hello, world!" in the browser window. Ok, click on the WampServer icon somewhere on your Windows taskbar and select the "www directory...