If we’re talking about quick deployments XAMPP is certainly a good thing, but if we want to have complete manual control over things happening under the hood for a more solid and comprehensive approach custom technology bundler is a not so good thing to do. So, in this blip note i will tell you how to glue Apache, PHP and PostgreSQL technologies together. Assuming that PHP 8.4 is installed to:

UPDATED ON: 2025-04-17 Project to test JS/PHP queries in real life tasks. The “Submit Your Vote” button becomes active only after you select one of the options and enter a unique number of more than 5 digits (not letters). TECHNOLOGY STACK FRONTEND SIDE HTML markup: PUG Pure JavaScript/SCSS Node.js 23.7 [hacked] Webpack 5.98 VS Code 1.93 [hacked] BACKEND SIDE XAMPP [for making PHP 8.2 work on Windows 7] APACHE [embedded version] PostgreSQL 14 PGAdmin 6.

UPDATED ON: 2025-04-14 Testing out waters with database technologies and custom written web-based applications. This project includes the following tech: Webpack as a module bundler to compile the whole project PUG as a modern, modular replacement for classic HTML SCSS for graphics rendering and animation [btw, no images were used] JavaScript for POST/GET queries to the PHP backend PHP to retrieve needed data from database Apache for hosting server-side logic IMPLEMENTED FUNCTIONALITY

PostgreSQL Windows 7 support is a piece of dog sh#t. That is why you almost always have a loads of quirks on the table here and there. Beware that i’ve described Postgre installer in a soft words, it deserves way more. Original installer skips almost all things which should be done by a proper one: it won’t initialize your database it won’t kickstart windows service it won’t setup system environment with correct variables it f#cks up user roles it throws loads of errors in your face like Problem running post-install step.