What web server should I install?

Question

I have Windows 7 Enterprise and I want to run a web server on this computer and I wander what is the best web server would be in my case. I have several requirements to the web server.

1. It should be easy to install and set up the server. Just "click", "accept" and that's it.

2. It should support MySQL and PHP (with GET, POST, SESSION, and cookies).

3. I want to be able to install the server from CD or memory stick. In other words, I want to be able to download something on my CD and than use this CD to install the web server.

4. The server (software) should not occupy a lot of memory.

5. It should be possible to install the web server on Linux, Windows and MAC.

Answer 1

Install Z-WAMP. It has the latest versions of Apache, MySQL and PHP (with APC and phyMyAdmin). It's also portable so you can have it installed on a mem stick.