Re: Absolutely no php knowledge

From: Not Me (no_one_at_home.now)
Date: 02/01/05

  • Next message: Oli Filth: "Re: Absolutely no php knowledge" 
    Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 19:57:10 GMT

    Thanks for those links - that will help. I'll grab from them later.

    Will the coding and/or command structure used for building anything in php
    or using Apache be similar to what I would find on a unix base server?

    I would like to gain some knowledge on using it before I actually changed
    anything on someone's server. The local machine would be for nothing other
    than a place for to me fail dismally while I learned.

    For example if I wanted to play around with a message forum or a shopping
    cart type of thing; would I be able to take whatever method or commands
    that I've learned on my local Windows based "test ground" and apply it
    verbatim to a server running a different OS?

    I'm guessing that some sort of OS environmental variable would be set
    from within them and then I would see no difference in using them?

    Be patient - I'm learning.

    Also - in regards to my other post about "tunneling" - sooner or later the
    site will be restructured but in the meantime I should learn these things.

    Oli Filth <oli_filth@eatspam.coldmail.com> wrote in
    news:_UQLd.382$0o6.259@newsfe3-win.ntli.net:

    > MaggieMagill wrote:
    >> I have none other than it's used by many but I would like to learn
    >> it.
    >>
    >> Am I able to load php to a local Windows machine and play with it for
    >> learning/practice?
    >>
    >> If I have a local machine with no purpose would I be better to load
    >> php onto a my available Windows environment or onto a unix
    >> environment (which I don't have but would try to get if I NEEDED to)?
    >>
    >> Where I would be applying my knowledge would be on an Apache & unix
    >> based server. But I would like to be able to play around with both
    >> Apache & php (mainly) on a local level. I figure this way no harm no
    >> foul. I'm going to invest a few dollars in some books on both
    >> subjects as I would like to know more about Apache as well. But I
    >> would like to know if those things can be installed on a local level
    >> with commands being similar to what I would find at a unix server
    >> before I do.
    >>
    >> TIA
    >
    > You can get a Windows version of the Apache server at
    > http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi (follow the installation
    > instructions at
    > http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/platform/windows.html).
    >
    > You can then get a Windows version of PHP at
    > http://www.php.net/downloads.php (follow the installation instructions
    > at http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.apache2.php).
    >
    > When these are both set up correctly, your local machine will act as a
    > web server at http://localhost/, so you can type addresses like
    > http://localhost/somepage.php into your browser, and the PHP engine
    > will run the page.
    >

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