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lifedeuce
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Do you actually build a website with php or is it more of a server application like Smart-FTP or WS-FTP? Thank you.
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A web site is is usually nothing more than a bunch of files and scripts, ftp clients (Like smart-ftp) can connect to FTP servers, which is a common way of uploading the files to your site...
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after reading your post again I guess you ask what PHP is? .. PHP is a Server Side script engine, installed with the web server.. so yeah you build scripts just like aany other html document on your own machine and upload to a webserver..

You can install a webserver and php on your own machine if you like, search the net for Apache+PHP installations for your operating system.
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Stoker what would the advantage of having apache/phptriad on my own machine?

In general what is the advantage of using php over just building my pages with Dreamweaver MX and uploading them via Smart-FTP? Thanks for any info.
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If you have PHP locally you can try things out locally not needing to troubleshoot and test stuff remotely, which could make your ISP mad if you screw up and make an infinite loop that will create 5000 database connection or send out 10000 emails the 30 seconds it will run before timing out.. perhaps not so interresting if you make everything entirely with dreamweaver..
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