Configuring & Testing PHP - Please help!

[josel]

Howdy!

Totally new to PHP. Installed it on my notebook (WIN XP). I also installed Apache & MySQL. I intend to learn PHP in lieu of ColdFusion (which I currently use).

I have spent all day reading but cannot find a step by step guide on how to make Apache & PHP work. I am not even sure that the installation was truly successfull.

I am left with these questions:

Q. How do I make sure PHP is properly installed?
Q. What must I do to properly configure PHP?
Q. How do I make sure PHP and Apache are aware of one another?
Q. Best and simplest reference to read to learn more abour PHP?

Thank you all in advance for your assistance!


Jose Lerebours


KNOWLEDGE: Something you can give away endlessly and gain more of it in the process! - Jose Lerebours

 

[josel]

While I still have lots of questions, I have confirmed that PHP and Apache are working.

I edited both config files and set my root directory to c:/webdev/mywebs, and then opened my IE browser and pointed address bar to

http://localhost

which in turn gave me a directory listing. I proceeded to open my previously copied directory (myphpadmin) and was able to access/open PHP pages.

That said, this proves that both APACHE and PHP are working OK.

Regards,

Jose Lerebours


KNOWLEDGE: Something you can give away endlessly and gain more of it in the process! - Jose Lerebours