Need help setting up PHP and MySQL on Windows XP

[Brian]

I'm trying to get php working so I can test without having to upload   each time. I have XAAMP and MSYQL installed and it shows them running   when I start them from control panel.

I also have php installed   and it starts a Command line window when I run php.exe. That's all I   get. I don't know what to do after that. If someone know a good tutorial   to learn how to run it, I would appreciate it.

I'm ok with the   coding, I just don't know how to get it started and I want to be able to   step through programs line by line to debug them. Thanks.

[PHP Coder]

Hey Brian, if you installed XAAMP properly and it is running, you should be able to navigate to your script like this http://localhost/yourdir/ - using your browser ("yourdir" - is the directory within web root, check your XAAMP configuration to find where is this)