Locally - I use - xampp

post forum
http://www.boonex.com/unity/forums/#topic/Installation-help-2009-03-21.htm


you will not need to install your own PHP or MYSQL

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html

http://www.apachefriends.org/winxampp/readme_en.txt
###### ApacheFriends XAMPP (Basispaket) version 1.7.0 ######

+ Apache 2.2.11
+ MySQL 5.1.30 (Community Server)
+ PHP 5.2.8 + PEAR (Support for PHP 4 has been discontinued)
+ PHP-Switch win32 1.0 (use "php-switch.bat" see more in the xampp main directory)
+ XAMPP Control Version 2.5 from www.nat32.com
+ XAMPP Security 1.0
+ SQLite 2.8.15
+ OpenSSL 0.9.8i
+ phpMyAdmin 3.1.1
+ ADOdb 4.990
+ Mercury Mail Transport System v4.52
+ FileZilla FTP Server 0.9.29
+ Webalizer 2.01-10
+ Zend Optimizer 3.3.0
+ eAccelerator 0.9.5.3 für PHP 5.2.8 (but not activated in the php.ini)