Starting php

[Elmserv]

I am a complete novice at this (foxpro seems much easier at the mo)

I am trying to load phpmyadmin & one of the requirements is having PHP running.

I have installed PHP, mySQL & phpmyadmin on my local machine, I tried running the index file in phpmyadmin but that just shows me the code, it doesn't run.

I think its because PHP isn't running.

Help !!!!


Richard

 

[jpadie]

you need to provide a bit more information:

1. what os are you running
2. what webserver are you running
3. what type of php installation are you using (cgi or sapi)
4. is your webserver working - does it give any errors?

 

[Elmserv]

OS is XP Pro

Webserver isn't loaded, I will try to load apache.

Richard

 

[jpadie]

you need a webserver to use phpmyadmin. php can be used without one but only as a command line tool or GUI. most uses of php are, i suspect, as a hypertext preprocessor and thus required a web-server.

if you are on xp pro- i'd recommend using IIS - it's already on your computer and you may find that it is already up and running. the php installation files (assuming you downloaded from php.net) contain an excellent installation howto. be sure to use the variant of php that is a SAPI and not the CGI. typically you need to download the file called php-5.1.6-Win32.zip

 

[Elmserv]

Would it work if I use my development website which runs on apache?
I can load the mysql into a local directory

Richard

 

[jpadie]

yes - if you configure apache to use php. again - in the installation instructions.

 

[Elmserv]

thanks