Can PHP be installed on a local machine?

Question

For Web-dev, can the PHP Processor be installed on a regular Windows XP machine, such that viewing PHP files through a browser executes the PHP script? (NOT Windows Serv

Answer 1

XAMPP is the obvious one, but there is another nice one: The Uniform Server, which is designed to be mobile (i.e. to be used on removable media like CD-ROMs):

http://www.uniformserver.com/