What can PHP do?
Don't worry about installing your own LAMP environment. (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP)
On windows, you can download and install WAMP. With one installation and you get an apache webserver, database server and php.
http://www.wampserver.com
On mac, you can download and install MAMP.
http://www.mamp.info/
Saves me a lot of headache to do development locally on my computer.
A simple tutorial
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Here we would like to show the very basics of PHP in a short, simple tutorial. This text only deals with dynamic web page creation with PHP, though PHP is not only capable of creating web pages. See the section titled What can PHP do for more information.
PHP-enabled web pages are treated just like regular HTML pages and you can create and edit them the same way you normally create regular HTML pages.
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User Contributed NotesA simple tutorial
jason dot khov at gmail dot com
27-Dec-2008 11:49
27-Dec-2008 11:49
ctestroote at bresnan dot net
09-Sep-2008 06:21
09-Sep-2008 06:21
If youre just learning PHP, then the simpliest thing to use is called Xampp, just install the Apache server and save your php files in the htdocs folder. Then when you open your browser you would type http://127.0.0.1/htdocs/example.php to see your php.
I also use Notepad++ to write my php files but there are many others to use.
Michael
01-Mar-2007 03:54
01-Mar-2007 03:54
Agreed. Some of the pre-configured packs and associated tutorials really can simplify the installation and get you up and running in minutes but you MUST make sure that as an absolute minimum you add a secure password - ideally a mix of letters, numbers, not a real word etc. Otherwise, when your site/system is live, it will be potentially open to abuse.
cvncpu
25-Oct-2006 01:53
25-Oct-2006 01:53
just keep in mind that these installation packages are for development use, and are not built for a production enviroment, the preformance and security of these tools is not setup for use in a public website.