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[Zeta74]

Hi,
I am new to the PHP but have to do a project for my college...How can I start to work on PHP??? i have a win98 machine how can i turn it into a server to work on php and mysql??? i have tried apache server site but with all those .tar and .xyz and .dunnowhat files I got totally lost...I have even tried working on a packeage that has all the 3 together, but it wasnt working on my machine...
I desperately need help and dunno what to do??
HELP

 

[KarveR]

1)
Go to start|settings|control panel|

Add/remove programs.

Windows setup tab.

Select internet tools, and click on Details.

Add a check next to "Personal Web server"

clcik aplly and windows will install it.

Get PWS started and test a simple web page.


2)
Download php from

http://www.php.net

as a zip archive and install it. READ THE DOCUMENTATION THOROUGHLY FIRST (not that you need me to tell you this )

3) download and install mysql from

http://www.mysql.com

as a zip pakage. do the docs thing again ;-).


4) return here when everything else seems to fail you. it won't if you read the docs properly. There are no shortcuts or quick ways, follow the steps in teh docs and it will work fine. Expect it to take about 4 hours and you won't go far wrong.

If you want it to take 20 minutes you'll be bald in under 30.
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There's no present like the time, they say. - Henry's Cat.

 

[jimoblak]

Try foxserv.net and install the 30MB package to C:\foxserv (or some directory without spaces)

If this does not work, try the 'Busted Computer' forum here at Tek-Tips. [ ] The only reason why you may not be able to get FoxServ to work is if you already have HTTP services running on your computer. Only one HTTP server should run at a time.

After you get PHP running, I like PHPEd to edit PHP files. It offers syntax highlighting.

http://www.weberdev.com/PHPEd/

The freeware program was bought by NuSphere and made commercial but you can still download the older freeware version here.