# Newbie Configuration Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [October 7, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-configuration-question/116586 "2007-10-07T17:37:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sereneliving](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sereneliving](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sereneliving)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-configuration-question/116586/1 "2007-10-07T17:37:20Z")
Sorry if this is a repeat, but I haven’t been able to find the answer. I have a simple windows laptop which I’ve been using to learn PHP over the last few months, having installed it, Apache and MYSQL. I want to start picking up Ruby and Rails, and ideally would like to be able to use the same machine for both purposes. I have not yet found a clear answer on whether it is possible to install Ruby on Rails and use the same Apache installation for both it and PHP. Is this possible, and if so, can anyone point me to reasonably understandable configuration instructions? Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![sereneliving](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sereneliving](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sereneliving)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-configuration-question/116586/2 "2007-10-07T17:43:13Z")
On 7 Oct 2007, at 16:37, sereneliving wrote: > Is this possible, and if so, can anyone point me to reasonably > understandable configuration instructions? Certainly is possible, although I don’t have any instructions to hand on how you would do it. 99.9% of the time the fact that you’ve also got php in use is going to be irrelevant (and certainly for development you’re unlikely to use apache with your rails app, mongrel will do fine). Fred