ZazouMiniWebServer is a simple webserver. It can serve static and dynamic pages. It is compatible with php and a lot of other languages through the use of handlers.
The new 1.0 version now supports HTTPS and come with a tray application.
It doesn't need any installation, comes with php, mysql, sqlite, phpmyadmin, sqlitemanager and webalizer. Though, the download is only 9Mb.
It can run from your hard drive, a usb key or a cd.
It's free software, with source code available under the GPL license.
ZazouMiniWebServer is also available as a windows dll (less than 400kB for the webserver) to be included in your own applications.
The website includes a link to a ZMWS package including MySQL-5. It's definitely easy to try this major version of our favourite DBMS with ZMWS. Just double click it and you're done, without installing anything !