Newbie PHP Question

[sue0912]

Hi,

I am hope I am in the right forum, if I am not I apologize. Please let me know which forum I need to be in.

My question is a beginner question, do you have to install PHP on your web server in order to run php pages?

Just like you would a coldfusion page or an asp page?

If so, is it simple to do for a Windows IIS environment?

thanks
Sue

 

[jpadie]

php needs to be installed. yes. it interprets code and spits back output.

with a webserver, there is normally a hook into php (a sapi/isapi), but you can use a CGI output instead. php also provides a CLI interface so that you need not use a webserver.

php is easy to install on all platforms. full instructions are provided in the readme. there are also packages solutions for apache/php and mysql that can be downloaded for all platforms.

 

[vacunita]

Yes, you need to install PHP to have PHP pages run.

Fortunately for you, PHP now comes in a handy Windows MSI installer which will configure IIS for you.

With that said if you wanted to do it manually, its also relatively simple, and is recommended so you know exactly how its done:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.iis.php

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[sue0912]

ok. Thank you. I am on the right track, I just downloaded a php zip file and extracted it.

Now I need to install.

Thanks again
Sue