# This is a beginner's question

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**Created:** [September 20, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/this-is-a-beginners-question/163135 "2005-09-20T02:31:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/this-is-a-beginners-question/163135/1 "2005-09-20T02:31:53Z")

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Decided to learn php so bought the ‘PHP and MySQL Web Development’ book (Sams) from the store yesterday. here’s the problem for me :

i have already installed Apache and MySQL, but the problem surfaced when i came to this section called “adding php and MySQL to Microsoft IIS” (p886)

i havent got this, Internet Information Services, on my machine, and i couldnt find a way to get a hold of it elsewhere.

is it needed ? where can i get it ? is following the book’s installation explanations okay, or is there a better way to go about this ?

quite keen to crack on with some work / study, but this first day held up by this problem.

any ideas - thanks a lot. fumbling in the dark as usual.  
-dj