INSTALL
    apache
          conf/httpd.conf
               LoadModule php4_module "c:/Program Files/php/php4apache.dll"
               AddModule mod_php4.c               
               DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
               AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
               AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps                    
    php
       move sapi/*.dll dlls/*.dll to PHP directory
       move php4ts.dll to WINDOWS
       move php.ini-recommended to WINDOWS/php.ini
              php.ini:
                  register_globals = ON           
    mysql
         copy my-small.cnf to WINDOWS/my.cnf
         mysqladmin -u root create osCommerce
         mysql -u root < oscommerce.sql
         mysqlshow -u root osCommerce
    oscommerce
         move catalog $APACHE_HTDOCS
                http://localhost/catalog/install
         edit includes/configure.php
                define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost'); // eg, localhost - should not be empty for productive servers
                define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', 'root');                                                                 
                define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', '');
                define('DB_DATABASE', 'osCommerce');
                define('USE_PCONNECT', 'true'); // use persistent connections?
                define('STORE_SESSIONS', 'mysql'); // leave empty '' for default handler or set to 'mysql'