# What do i download to use PHP on my computer? **URL:** \ **Category:** programming\ **Created:** [August 13, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-do-i-download-to-use-php-on-my-computer/28406 "2003-08-13T13:43:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blah\_de\_blah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@blah\_de\_blah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/blah_de_blah)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-do-i-download-to-use-php-on-my-computer/28406/1 "2003-08-13T13:43:24Z")
I was just wondering what do i download so i can be able to use and view php on my computer. I don’t need the one where you upload to your server - cause i don’t have one :-\ But i’m aware that you can get some just to learn and test on your computer is that right?? So which ones do i download? I know you can get em from [php.net](http://php.net), but i’m not sure which ones to get :-\ There are so many! thanks!! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-do-i-download-to-use-php-on-my-computer/28406/2 "2003-08-13T14:11:46Z")
I use WAMP[[link](http://www.e-novative-gmbh.de/php/ephp.php)] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-do-i-download-to-use-php-on-my-computer/28406/3 "2003-08-13T14:25:13Z")
O i’ve downloaded that before, but i’m not sure how you use it :-\ But i can’t redownload it because the sites not working ☹ Do you know of any others which are easy to use? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-do-i-download-to-use-php-on-my-computer/28406/4 "2003-08-13T14:56:45Z")
You need to install Apache (**[Download and Instructions found here](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/install.html)**) then you can install PHP (**[Found here](http://www.php.net/downloads.php)**) and the document is also found on that same site… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-do-i-download-to-use-php-on-my-computer/28406/5 "2003-08-13T14:59:25Z")
Do i get hte latest ones or stable versions for the php? thanks ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-do-i-download-to-use-php-on-my-computer/28406/6 "2003-08-13T15:01:42Z")
don’t download PHP 5… go with the highest 4.x.x for the PHP. I am pretty sure that the newest Apache is stable tho. PHP 5 is still in beta testing, so for now its best to stay away from that… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-do-i-download-to-use-php-on-my-computer/28406/7 "2003-08-13T15:03:48Z")
ok thanks 🙂 just another quick quesiton, is there a differnece between these two files? PHP 4.3.2 (tar.bz2) [3,611Kb] - 29 May 2003 AND PHP 4.3.2 (tar.gz) [4,416Kb] - 29 May 2003 There is a significant file sisze difference so i’m just wonderin :-\ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-do-i-download-to-use-php-on-my-computer/28406/8 "2003-08-13T15:04:11Z")
Use: [http://www.e-novative-gmbh.de/files/setup\_WAMP\_1.1.0.exe](http://www.e-novative-gmbh.de/files/setup_WAMP_1.1.0.exe) Basically, all you have to do is run the installer. That is pretty much all I can remember. I tried using the standalone versions of Apache and PHP, but I found it too hard too install. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-do-i-download-to-use-php-on-my-computer/28406/9 "2003-08-13T15:08:01Z")
You don’t need to download the source code, download this one: [http://www.php.net/get/php-4.3.2-Win32.zip/from/a/mirror](http://www.php.net/get/php-4.3.2-Win32.zip/from/a/mirror) it says PHP 4.3.2 zip package I’m pretty sure thats the one you want. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-do-i-download-to-use-php-on-my-computer/28406/10 "2003-08-13T15:10:15Z")
ok thanks guys, i’ll try em out. I’m sure i’ll have more questions on howta use em though thanks for the time being though 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-do-i-download-to-use-php-on-my-computer/28406/11 "2003-08-13T19:16:09Z")
[http://www.easyphp.org/](http://www.easyphp.org/) i use it daily, one click install of php, apache, phpmyadmin etc ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-do-i-download-to-use-php-on-my-computer/28406/12 "2003-08-14T15:13:34Z")
i read this in easphp: BETTER DOING : launch EasyPHP, connect yourself on “[http://localhost](http://localhost)” from your browser, open your directory, then click on “date.php”. So i guess i need a server thing for this one right? i can’t just test on my comp without uploading? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-do-i-download-to-use-php-on-my-computer/28406/13 "2003-08-14T15:23:40Z")
thats what apache is. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-do-i-download-to-use-php-on-my-computer/28406/14 "2003-08-14T15:27:39Z")
sorry i’m new to this Jubba, i think i have decided to get the one njs gave, since it is less hassle. But now that i have installed it, the question is, how do i use it? they have a php.exe which is pretty much the same thing as the php i had installed from [php.net](http://php.net). I can’t really see a help file anywhere or somethin so this is the oinly place :-\ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-do-i-download-to-use-php-on-my-computer/28406/15 "2003-08-14T15:30:57Z")
honestly, I don’t know. I have never used apache or php my on own PC. I just use Dreamweaver and when I save the file it auto-uploads and then I preview it in my browser. You access the folders thru localhost localhost/mydocuments/php/myFirstPHP.php ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-do-i-download-to-use-php-on-my-computer/28406/16 "2003-08-14T15:41:18Z")
lol… I spent the last 30 mins teaching Syko on IRC how to do this 😛 Basically, to test php pages what you do is put the scripts in Program Files/Apache Group/htdocs and then run them by typing into your browser [http://localhost/](http://localhost/). For example, to test a file called test.php, you would put the file in Program Files/Apache Group/apache/htdocs/, so the path would be Program Files/Apache Group/apache/htdocs/test.php. You would then test it by going to [http://localhost/test.php](http://localhost/test.php) in your browser. (Warning: Some versions of Kazaa can interfere with Apache. I reccomend that you disable Kazaa before developing.) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-do-i-download-to-use-php-on-my-computer/28406/17 "2003-08-14T15:48:37Z")
ahh thank you 🙂 what you taught syko in 30 minutes, you taught me in 1 😛 I’m not sure if i can actually do it though, ill havta try 🙂 Thanks ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-do-i-download-to-use-php-on-my-computer/28406/18 "2003-08-16T06:54:35Z")
I just realized, i can’t test jubbas html/php tutorial with WAMP, i have to load it on a server right? Because i copied the exact code just to test it, but it doesn’t work. I have tried simple php codes which work on the wamp though. So to load the files to your server (i now have a lycos account), do i just upload the files? or is there an easier way like jubba said in his previous post, which the file is uploaded automatically…? thanks ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-do-i-download-to-use-php-on-my-computer/28406/19 "2003-08-16T14:37:14Z")
I really don’t know about other FTP programs, I just know that its a feature in Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver is a great program (even tho I only use it as a color coded notepad) and I suggest looking into if for anyone serious about webdesign. It will triple your productivity 🙂 and if you are talking about the mail() tutorial, then no you have to test that on a server ☹ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-do-i-download-to-use-php-on-my-computer/28406/20 "2003-08-16T14:40:48Z")
Yea i use dreamweaver too, and tried using the ftp from that, but it doesn’t let me connect to my \*\*\*\* lycos ftp. Nor does WS\_FTP even though i have all the correct passwords and login names. So all i’m stuck with now is manually going to the site and using the slow uploader :-\ But anyhow lycos gives free PHP support so i shouldn’t be complainin 😛 [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-do-i-download-to-use-php-on-my-computer/28406.md?page=2)