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What editor should I use with an included web server?

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 6:37 pm
by ajwhite
I've been using VB.NET in all my development, but I'm making the switch to PHP with a new job I've entered.

I've been looking for a free source that includes a web server to launch a local host to edit my work. I've been trying to configure Eclipse to do this, but the localhost hasn't been working.

I used Microsoft Visual Studios for all my work, and it was all very easy and built-in to work with. What is a good program to use that includes BOTH an editor with libraries and a web server to launch on a local host?

Thanks :)

Re: What editor should I use with an included web server?

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 6:42 pm
by Griven
You'd do best to go with two programs on this one.

WAMP Server - A program that launches Apache, MySQL, and PHP on a Windows computer for local testing and development.
Eclipse for PHP Developers - A robust and feature-rich editor targeted at PHP developers
or...
Notepad++ - A lightweight editor that is great for PHP development, but lacks the extra features of Eclipse

Re: What editor should I use with an included web server?

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 6:58 pm
by ajwhite
Have you had good experience with WAMP? Because I've been trying to use AppServ and I'm getting nowhere with it..

Re: What editor should I use with an included web server?

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 7:48 pm
by daedalus__
WAMP is the only way to go.

i ran iis on windows until i figured out they had wampserver ^^

oh and congratulations on escaping from basic. :lol:

Re: What editor should I use with an included web server?

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:06 pm
by ajwhite
daedalus__ wrote:WAMP is the only way to go.

i ran iis on windows until i figured out they had wampserver ^^

oh and congratulations on escaping from basic. :lol:
Thanks haha

I've installed WAMP on my Windows 7 x64 bit system, but I cannot get it to work. It seems that the only way to access WAMP is through the task bar icon.. But for some reason when I click it (left or right mouse) no menu appears... Any thoughts? Is there a way to open up the manager in another window?

Re: What editor should I use with an included web server?

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:19 pm
by daedalus__
uh well for some reason i still use 32 bit systems :lol:

you dont need the stupid icon to operate it really. check to see if you can connect localhost on your machine and if you need to change ini files just use the service manager to restart the services

Re: What editor should I use with an included web server?

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:22 pm
by ajwhite
daedalus__ wrote:uh well for some reason i still use 32 bit systems :lol:

you dont need the stupid icon to operate it really. check to see if you can connect localhost on your machine and if you need to change ini files just use the service manager to restart the services
Not quite sure if I'm connecting to localhost correctly... When i go to http://localhost I get an IIS7 image saying welcome, and it's the only icon to click on.. and it redirects me to:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid= ... lcid=0x409

So I'm thinking its not working? Or if it were not to be working, would it just raise a 404 error?

Re: What editor should I use with an included web server?

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:33 pm
by ajwhite
I just tried running my php on eclipse and it raised a 404 error.. it gave the file path at inetpub\wwwroot...

inetpub is from IIS i believe, right? And I went into wwwroot and one of the pages is the exact page i see when i do http://localhost.

Is there a guide on how to use IIS as my web server?

Re: What editor should I use with an included web server?

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:14 pm
by ajwhite
Problem Fixed

I was never running Apache as an administrator

:oops:

Re: What editor should I use with an included web server?

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:28 pm
by daedalus__
disable iis

Re: What editor should I use with an included web server?

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:43 pm
by ajwhite
daedalus__ wrote:disable iis
No need, just assigned a different port than the default (80).