I am planning to learn about PHP. I have downloaded several e-books and have started making practice scripts. My main problem is not how to make the PHP scripts but how to test them locally on my machine. I am using windows ME. I have reseached about downloading PHP4, IIS, Apache the others but alas their directions on how to do it is so difficult for my designer brain to completely comprehed. I went to PHP.net for PHP4 and went to the downloads page but I could’nt locate the link that tells me that “PHP4 software is here, click me!”.
Plaease help me. Anybody? I need to improve my Flash skills and I believe PHP is the next step to take.
h88 I’ve got to disagree with you. I remember using PHPTraid a while back, a long time back and it has trouble with using server side cookies, and session things. It works fine for basic users, but I would do a clean install of apache, and install the windows version of php on it, rather than using something that has PHP precompiled and what not.
And to test locally, either use your external ip address (if you don’t have a router), internal or localhost if you do.
thanks guys. I’m not really particullar on any program. I just want something that can check and test my scripts without all the fuss. I’m totally new to PHP and other server-side scripting since I focus more on my designing.
After installing PHPtriad 2, can it be used to directly check and test my PHP files?
Well, PHPTraid installs everything in one setup, which is very easy for basic users as u said, I did encounter some problems with PHPTraid, But solved them by updating Apache, PHP, etc…
where do i encode them? i’m using Windows ME too…do i need to download that .exe u guys posted here? and where do i get the IIS?i’ve downloaded lotsa e-books for PHP and ASP too…i jst don’t know what to do to get started…
