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[Lladro]

How can I view my page in design if I am not hooked up to a PHP server? I hope I am asking this correctly.

Any help!

 

[Sleidia]

Hi,

You have to install a server on your local machine.
To my knowledge, there is no other way to run PHP code.

You could install Appserv (

http://www.appservnetwork.com/

).
It takes 5 minutes.

 

[Lladro]

Thanks Sleidia!

I will try this.

 

[Wulfgen]

What if I'm on a Mac?

 

[jpadie]

there are ways to enable php on a mac. php4 is preinstalled on OSX (as is mysql and apache). but it's a headache to get them all talking to eachother and an even greater headache to recompile php with any extensions you might want.

alternatively you can download MAMP (just google for it) and this will run apache, mysql and php in user-space.

there are other XAMP solutions for the mac as well.

 

[Wulfgen]

Yeah, I figured it would be a pain - I was kinda hoping there was an easier way I didnt know about - so, I'll just do what I'm doing now - uploading the files to my test area and then testing the code - thanks anyway

 

[jpadie]

no - there is an easier way! that's why i posted about MAMP. That's what I use on the Mac (OSX) and it really couldn't be simpler.

 

[josel]

Gees, this sure makes life easier. I found WAMP and so it's the one I installed.

Is there a counter-part for LINUX?

Regards,


Jose Lerebours


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

 

[jpadie]

windows: WAMP
Linux: LAMP
Mac: MAMP

it is not a product so much as an acronym for [PLATFORM]+ Apache + Mysql + PHP

 

[Wulfgen]

Downloaded it last night and am going to play with it