Web Server?

Is the computer for INSIDE or for the WORLD? Does make a difference..

http://www.amazon.com/Teach-Yourself-MySQL-Apache-...

tells you all you need to know to setup a quick server with Apache/PHP/ Mysql

If its just INSIDE You can just instal UBUNTU server.. which will set those up. Runs on most machines without issues. (I am using one here for development.. it an older 1.2 gig processor, with 1gig ram and a 160meg hd) http://ubuntu.com/ easy to setup

If it is for the world to be able to access.. well a hosting company will be a better choice

An old box running linux with apache would probably be the cheapest way of doing it.

If the school is providing you with the hardware, just download the approriate version of apache.

well if u want to self host you would need to buy a domain name there is hundreds of website that can do hosting, just type in register domain into google and enjoy

if you want to host the files on your pc you would need to turn it into a webserver using apache/linux etc there is lots of ways to do this

http://www.dslwebserver.com/ this has a rather good guide for that. or u could just buy hosting aswell as a domain name

Apache is the industry standard webserver, it is available from http://httpd.apache.org/

www.Geocities.com has a quick, easy and free webserver for your hosting needs.