The purpose of a website is so that other people can view it. In order to do that, you need to have a server. In this tutorial, we will learn how to create your own server, at your PC.

Apache is a software for server. Using Apache, you can set a folder so that any files that are placed in that folder is visible to the visitor. This is the folder that we use to put our website files.

Nowadays, most of websites are using PHP language because PHP can interact with Mysql database. So, we need to install PHP software in order for PHP file to work.

Since one of the use of PHP is to communicate with Mysql database, we need to install Mysql database too.

Wampserver as easier way

However, we do not need to worry about getting those softwares since there is a software called Wampserver that already has Apache, PHP and Mysql. Wampserver really make your work easier.

• You can download wampserver software at www.wampserver.com/en/download.php

Hosting your website

In order for your website to be visible through the web, you need to make sure that the server is on 24 hours. However I am very sure that most of us do not want to open our PC 24 hours right? That’s why we use hosting provider to host our website files.

However, it’s still very important to know how to create your own web server because you can test your script or website at localhost (your own PC. You can access it using http://localhost) before transfering them to the hosting provider.