# 1st Post

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/1st-post/229517>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [January 15, 2013, 5:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/1st-post/229517 "2013-01-15T05:34:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Edward\_Songy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/e56c9b/32.png) [@Edward\_Songy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Edward_Songy)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 5:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/1st-post/229517/1 "2013-01-15T05:34:22Z")

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Hi All,

I have embarked on the path to get nginx to work  
with MS Windows. I am going to follow the instructions  
provided in the sites of Eksith Rodrigo explicitely, and  
ask that any who have succeded in getting ‘phpinfo.php’  
to display it’s information properly share your ‘nginx.conf’  
settings and your ‘php.ini’ directive settings, and your  
advice.

I acknowledge the advantages of using Linux, OpenBSD, …etc  
but have not touched "…inx’ since installing SCO xenix  
thirty-eight (38) years ago, and although confident then  
( I was age 40 then ), would not like to ‘re-learn’ ‘…inx’  
until it is needed for a ‘production’ site, therefore the  
desire to stick with one of the MS operating systems.

I am comfortable with installing, configuring, creating  
databases and tables and using the MySQL monitor.  
Had the MySQL application working on my notebook  
with Apache, and PHP, but have removed it all in order  
to start ‘clean’ with the nginx endeavor.

Have downloaded:  
mysql-5.5.29-win32.zip and  
mysql-5.5.29-win32.msi.

I know how to install via t.he - - -.msi , but do not know  
with - - -.zip It seems that the Windows tools for installing  
starting, stopping, and un-installing presume installation  
via an installer.

The RDBMS IDE ‘PFXplus’ that I have been  
using for all versions, SCO xenix thru MS Windows can be  
installed as multiple instances and no changes to the registry.  
All that is required for an ‘install’ is that the files be copied  
into the desired drive:directory and it works! Simple and wonderful.

Since Eksith instructs to use the … zip versions, am I now going  
to learn to ‘install’ and configure MySQL without the .msi version?  
…and do the same with PHP?

Have downloaded: php-5.4.10-win32-VC9-x86.zip. Do not believe  
that there exists a: php-5.4.10-win32-VC9-x86.msi.

Have downloaded: nginx-1.3.11.zip and  
nginx-1[1].3.10-win32-setup.exe