This article on Installing WAMP Server provides instructions on installing WAMP server on Windows.
Step By Step Instructions on Installing WAMP Server on Windows
- To begin with, first of all download the WAMP Server from its website. According to the configuration of your PC, you can either choose 64 BITS download or 32 BITS download.
- Once, you download it, double click on the downloaded file. It will start the installation.
![Installing WAMP Server on Windows](https://www.programmingempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/s1.png)
- Click on Next. On the next screen accept the license agreement.
![WAMP Server Setup](https://www.programmingempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/s2.png)
- Click on Next. When the next screen appears, provide the installation folder.
![Select the installation folder for WAMP](https://www.programmingempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/s3.png)
- Click on Next and check the Quick Launch Icon and Desktop Icon checkboxes.
![Select the Create Icon Checkboxes](https://www.programmingempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/s4.png)
- When the next screen appears, click on Install.
![Select Install for Installing WAMP Server](https://www.programmingempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/s5.png)
- Once the installation finishes, select the default browser.
![Select the Default Browser](https://www.programmingempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/s7-1.png)
- After that, specify the SMTP server and the addressee mail. For now, you can leave the default values.
![Select the SMTP Server](https://www.programmingempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/s8.png)
- Once the installation is complete, you will get the following screen. Now you can launch the WAMP Server.
![Launch the WAMP Server](https://www.programmingempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/s9.png)
- So, you will get a green icon of the installed WAMP server on the bottom right corner of the desktop.
![WAMP Server Running](https://www.programmingempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/image-35.png)
- Further, click on the WAMP Server icon and then click on the localhost.
![Click on the Localhost](https://www.programmingempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/image-36.png)
- If the WAMP Server is running properly, you will get the following screen.
![Running WAMP Server](https://www.programmingempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/s12-1024x576.png)
- Since, now the WAMP server is successfully installed, let us create a simple PHP program. We need to save the program in a folder under the www folder.
<?php
echo 'Welcome to programmingempire.com!';
?>
Now save the file as hello.php and open it as given below.
![Running PHP File](https://www.programmingempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/image-37.png)