PHP on computer?

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March 24th, 2005, 01:40 PM
inferno_gn

PHP on computer?

Hi there,

Wow, it's been a long time that I pop over here. Nothing much have change, except the new version of the forum, which I find it kinda cool. For all who want to know what's going on with my life, I been busy, mostly school and fighting form some crap going on there as well. *lol*

Anyways, got a question for you all. I'm planing to upgrade my site to PHP soon and the problem is, I can't preview any PHP on my computer and view it before uploading to my site. Is there anyway to let my computer work PHP so I can tweat it to look great before showing it to the world? It would help alot.

Ju Leon...
March 24th, 2005, 02:00 PM
Ya_know

This being the lounge, I'd expect that you might find a better response out in the tech forums...perhaps "Programing and Web Design" or "Tech to Tech"...
March 24th, 2005, 02:03 PM
meatwad

Quote:

Originally Posted by inferno_gn

Nothing much have change

:eek:
March 24th, 2005, 03:36 PM
confus-ed

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ya_know

This being the lounge, I'd expect that you might find a better response out in the tech forums...

So just to shut him up :eek2:..

You want a web server & of course php & most likely a database - or you can find 'all in one' distro's like here
March 24th, 2005, 03:58 PM
inferno_gn

Hi there,

*lol* I though you guys missed my nagging. *lol* :D

Ju Leon...
March 24th, 2005, 04:10 PM
confus-ed

Hi there

*lol* numpty *lol*

Julie's back on drugs :p
March 24th, 2005, 04:14 PM
inferno_gn

Hi there,

Thanks for the warm welcome. Anyways, that site doesn't really help much. *lol*

Ju Leon...
March 24th, 2005, 04:24 PM
confus-ed

Hi there

*lol* not much can help you *lol*

Julie's had some more drugs :p
March 24th, 2005, 07:29 PM
Matridom

if your programming from windows XP and your using the pro version, you have IIS built into the operating system. enable that, then get PHP installed from www.php.net. if you don't have an os that supports a webserver, get apache installed with PHP and you should be good (you'll have to view it through your own webserver). I would also recommend setting up an SQL database using MySQL.
March 24th, 2005, 07:38 PM
inferno_gn

Hi there,

I do have Windows XP Pro (SP2). :) So how do I enable that? Uh, I wish this PHP isn't so complicated to get it to work on my computer so I can fix it there instead on my server (which uploading is a pain).

Ju Leon...
March 24th, 2005, 07:53 PM
Matridom

Quote:

Originally Posted by inferno_gn

Hi there,

I do have Windows XP Pro (SP2). :) So how do I enable that? Uh, I wish this PHP isn't so complicated to get it to work on my computer so I can fix it there instead on my server (which uploading is a pain).

Ju Leon...

inferno, add/remove programs, windows component.

Honestly, if you don't know how to enable IIS, your going to have a lot of difficulties adding in the php module
March 24th, 2005, 09:01 PM
inferno_gn

Hi there,

I got the layout and stuff, all I need it to do is that I can test my PHP design on my computer before uploading it.

Ju Leon...
March 24th, 2005, 11:04 PM
Khazad

At this point nobody cares about the specifics of that your programming problem is. However uploading everytime you make a change will be much easier than setting up a php server especially seeing your level of knowledge on the subject. Just use dreamweaver to manage the connections ... all you have to do is hit the up arrow every so often
March 25th, 2005, 01:41 AM
WebHead

Hi there,

How come you want to use php? *lol* What benefit will it have for you if you are just *lol* building a client-side website? Are you trying to build a server-side dynamic website? If so, that *lol* can get kinda complicated to learn. It's not as easy as do x y and z and your good to go (unless of course you know what you are *lol* doing).

Btw,.. php is just a scripting *lol* language. If you are paying for or have a free webhost,.. chances are, they*lol* already have some basic *lol* scripts (cgi, etc.) built into your domain.

Well, good luck with all that.

WebHead...
March 25th, 2005, 04:07 PM
inferno_gn

Hi there,

Because it's easier for me to update the site. *hehe* I'm thinking upgrading my HTML base page to PHP page, as it's egtting harder to update all 200 pages for any typos. Most of the entire site is the same code, except the text.

Ju Leon...
March 25th, 2005, 05:13 PM
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...
March 28th, 2005, 01:13 AM
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...
March 28th, 2005, 11:11 AM
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...
March 28th, 2005, 11:35 AM
Matridom

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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...

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)
June 2nd, 2005, 03:55 PM
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.
June 3rd, 2005, 11:04 AM
10of40

Mat's got a point there, inferno.
June 3rd, 2005, 01:33 PM
Matridom

this thread is 3 months old.....
June 4th, 2005, 03:37 AM
confus-ed

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matridom

this thread is 3 months old.....

He obviously took a while to catch up on his back reading :p .. you should appreciate by now that some folks will do anything to get another pad ! :devil: :thumbs2:
June 13th, 2005, 09:53 AM
10of40

Rtfm.
August 30th, 2005, 05:41 AM
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.