# Installation on Windows systems

## Table of Contents

- Install Requirements
- PECL
- PHP Installer Tools on Windows
- Recommended Configuration on Windows systems
- Manual PHP Installation on Windows
- Troubleshooting PHP on Windows
- Installation on old Windows systems

Installing PHP on modern Microsoft Windows systems and recommended configuration with common web servers.

> Note:

> If you are looking for information about older systems, such as Windows XP, 2003, 98 or Apache 1.x, see the Legacy Info section.

The Official releases of PHP on Windows are recommended for production use. However, you are welcome to build PHP from Source. You will need a Visual Studio environment. See » Step by Step Build Instructions.

- Using PHP on Windows Command line

- Installing PHP on Azure App Services (aka Microsoft Azure, Windows Azure, or (Windows) Azure Web Apps).