I have downloaded and extracted php5.5.12-src.zip, php5.5.12-src.tar, php5.5.13-src.zip files alternatively several times. But I could not find the files - php.exe, php-cgi.exe, in any of these, no matter how much I try. I have also looked into the very compressed files themselves but did not find these files. Can anyone help me? Quickly please!!!
If you’re just starting off with PHP it may be easier for you to download a package that contains a web server (required to handle requests and send them to PHP), MySQL (for database interaction) and PHP itself.
A couple of popular ones are:
[ul][li]Wamp[/li]
[li]Xampp[/li][/ul]
These are much easier to install and would provide everything that you need.
Good luck!