PHP on computer?

[WebHead]

Hi there,

The thing is, the output is always html. PHP is just a scripting language that adds dynamic functions to your webpage (like for building forms, etc). *hehe*. Kinda like javascript. You can't code a whole *lol* website in PHP. Plus PHP functions server-side rather than client-side such as html.

WebHead...

[inferno_gn]

Hi there,

Well, will my Anime website benefit PHP? Or is there a way that I can put a text box that can be seen in all pages, but when updated, I only updated once and it will update it all.

Ju Leon...

[CeeBee]

Installing PHP is piece of cake... Same for Apache... If you are building a php website I don't see any reason for using IIS. Take few more minutes and install MySQL... In 15-20 minutes you can have the whole package installed and configured.
But from what you are saying it looks like you don't have an optimized infrastructure of the website...

[Matridom]

Hi there,

Well, will my Anime website benefit PHP? Or is there a way that I can put a text box that can be seen in all pages, but when updated, I only updated once and it will update it all.

Ju Leon...

php setup correctly allows for easier maintenance of websites and allows for dynamic updates. with included and other functions you could get it to do what you want it to do. (look at my site and daemon's website for a good showing of what basic php can do, look at this forum for advanced php examples).

I personaly setup my own apache2/php4/linux server for learning, i then published my website.

PHP scripting is server side, without setting up your own server, there is really no way to "test" it localy, however some code assist programs supposedly let your test it localy. Testing those myself i have discovered that you still need to have a local webserver for them to work.

My advice, get apache, php, mysql and....

a GOOD book on php and start learning. If you know programing languages already, php is not that hard, it will help if you truly understand how html/php intermix on a page so you get the final results (took me a while to get that connection)

[shanff]

Go to sourceforge.net and search for Wamp. Download one of the many different Wamp distributions and install. It will basically let your computer run (Windows, Apache, mySql, PHP). That way you can test your php on your computer before you upload to your site.

Or, as someone else mentioned, your provider probably already offers it. Create your website under a test directory and test there.

[10of40]

Mat's got a point there, inferno.

[Matridom]

this thread is 3 months old.....

[confus-ed]

this thread is 3 months old.....

He obviously took a while to catch up on his back reading .. you should appreciate by now that some folks will do anything to get another pad !

[10of40]

Rtfm.

[lilr0x]

Since you're quite a PHP newbie I recommend installing "Triad" on to your computer. It installs Apache, MySQL and PHP.

Apache is to view your PHP files.
You'd put a file in the */htdocs/ in the Apache folder.
Then with Apache running you'd open up your browser and type:
http://localhost/name_of_php_file.php and you can view it.

This will also include MySQL. The good thing about this software is that it configures it all to work together for you, which can be quite tedious especially if you don't know what you're doing.

-> Software - http://sourceforge.net/projects/phptriad
-> PHP Info - http://www.php.net

Good luck.