Run ee on a local machine?

[philbyuk]

is it possible to run ee on a local machine ? i tried installing iis ,php,mysql on my machine and it wont work ..i believe it is mysql that is to blame as when i run the setup.php file i get the cannot connect to server? both iis and mysql services are running but the error states that either the database hasnt been registered with the server or the username /password isnt correct or the database isnt running?
(in the connect.php servername "localhost" database name "mysql" username "root", password "". are these correct for a fresh install?)can someone show me the light ..i would really like to check ee out before getting my own domain/webspace, thanks

[Pekka]

Yes, EE can be run on localhost on any machine that has PHP, MySQL and HTTP configured to work together correctly. I develop EE on Win XP Pro without public web server.

Before you even try to install EE, see that PHP works

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

is a good test page, and with PHPmyAdmin see that MySQL works and database is set with right privileges and passes.

[philbyuk]

that php code works ok pekka
wheres php admin?
sorry for the basic questions but im new to the webside of things
is it better to pm you ?

[Pekka]

http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

Installing PHP, MySQL and Apache is a popular topic in Google :) BUt one easy way is to use something like http://www.easyphp.org/?lang=en&lang=en