The following is a compilation of notes taken while installing and configuring Symfony for Windows XP with Apache 2.2:
The Process

Make sure that PHP is installed, then go to your PHP directory (i.e., C:\php) and double click go-pear.bat.
It will ask whether you would like to install a system-wide or local copy, type in “local” and press [...]

The following is a series of notes that I compiled while installing and configuring Apache 2.2, PHP 5, and MySQL 5 on Windows XP:
Apache Installation

Download Apache HTTP Server (v2.2) from apache website or from mirror, make sure to get a binary file.
Run binary file and install Apache.

MySQL Installation

Download MySQL Server from dev.mysql.com, do NOT get [...]