To get php and apache installed use xampp.
xampp is free and contains php / apache (around 33mb)

1. Download and Install XAMPP from here:
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

2. on windows go to C:\xampp

it should have a folder called htdocs. If you put a file called foo.html
into the htdocs folder you should be able to access it by going to
http://localhost/foo.html or /foo.php.

There's also something called WAMP
http://www.wampserver.com/en/

There's a lot of php tutorials out there just search google
http://www.google.com/search?hl=enr&q=php%20tutorial

Request tutorials here
http://youtube.jimmyr.com/
More PHP TUtorials here
http://killerphp.com/

Some people have recommended other editors
http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html
http://www.pspad.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_text_editors
http://www.context.cx/

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