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Step 6 - Setting the Environment Variable

1) Right-click on your My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties.

2) The System Properties window will appear. Click the Advanced tab:

3) At the bottom left, click the Environment Variables button:

4) The Environment Variables window will appear:

5) In the bottom half you'll see the System variables.
Find the Variable called Path, select it and then click the Edit button:

6) The Edit System Variable window will appear.

7) The Variable value will be automatically selected. Press the End key on your keyboard to jump to the end of the line, deselecting all the text in the process (make sure you don't accidentally delete any). Now add the following text to the END of the current path text:

;C:\php\php-4.4.7-Win32;C:\php\php-5.2.3-Win32

7) It is important that the two paths and the previous values are separated by semi-colons. The end result should look like this:

Take extra special care not to delete or remove anything that already existed on the Path line. The text you added should be appended to whatever was there already. Deleting previous entries can cause some Windows applications to stop working completely.

8) Click OK to close the Edit System Variable window. Click OK to close the Environment Variables window. Click OK to close the System Properties window.

9) Reboot your PC. I'm afraid it is vitally important that you reboot now before we go any further. As annoying as it is, please don't skip this step or PHP won't work properly.

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