(very beginer)how to run a php program

From: sathyashrayan (look_at_the_bottom_at_nomail.com)
Date: 03/06/05 

Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 16:10:29 +0530

I am from C/C++ programming background.

   My OS is windows 98 and I don't know how to run a php code. I don't
even know weather I have a web server?!. My computer is a remote system
which is connected with internet.

    I thought the php program will run simply like a .html file. But it
is not.I have downloaded the php-5.0.3-win32.zip from php.com web site.
I went through the long installation .txt file. I did try all the
information try-outs in my registry. But I am still unable to run a
simple "hello world program". I followed the manual installation, that
is ,unzipping the compressed file and adding a path in autoexec.bat. I
still don't know how to run a php program.

    Do I need to download a web server to run a simple hello world
program of a php? How to check weather I have a web server or not?
Totally confused. Can any body help?

Thanks 

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                         A.Alekhine
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   sathyashrayan AT gmail DOT com

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