Alvin Kalango

For test, open cmd and type this: php -v

Result:

PHP 7.2.7 (cli) (built: Jun 19 2018 23:14:45) ( ZTS MSVC15 (Visual C++ 2017) x64 ) Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group Zend Engine v3.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies

For run the embedded server: php -S localhost:8080

Apache

Download Apache

Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 may be required

Extract to C:/Apache24

Edit C:/Apache/conf/httpd.conf:

#ServerName www.example.com:80 for: ServerName localhost:80

#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so  and remove the #

Open cmd, go to C:/Apache/bin and run the command: httpd.exe -k install

Allow access

Check http://localhost

Result:

Integrate with PHP

Open C:/Apache/conf/httpd.conf

Look for a section consisting of "LoadModule" lines and add at the end:

LoadModule php7_module "C:/php/php7apache2_4.dll" AddType application/x-httpd-php .php PHPIniDir "C:/php"

Look for the line:

DirectoryIndex index.html and replace for: DirectoryIndex index.html index.php

Configure your workspace folder 

Open C:/Apache/conf/httpd.conf

Look for:

Define SRVROOT "C:/Apache24"  and add after: Define WKSPACE "C:/Users/YOURUSER/Documents/"

Look for:

DocumentRoot "${SRVROOT}/htdocs" <Directory "${SRVROOT}/htdocs"> 

and replace for:

DocumentRoot "${WKSPACE}" <Directory "${WKSPACE}">

Below this line, look for:

AllowOverride None  and replace for: AllowOverride All