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Something is wrong with me i think
Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 10:39 am
by kenny724
Hey, everybody. I think something is wrong with my brain. I'm sending my girlfriend to go to the university of memphis library to get me some dang books on php and mysql. I feel like an idiot because I cannot get anything to work correctly. I can't even set up a local server to test the dang pages. I have installed several softwares that people have recommended to do it automatically. Doesn't view the php pages to edit in expressions or dreamweaver. I just want to scream. I just want to do html...but that won't work for the shopping carts, etc. All the pages are in PHP. Where can I start....where is good information to learn this stuff? Thanks.
Re: Something is wrong with me i think
Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 10:50 am
by aravona
I messed up my first install when I started using php so, its not uncommon. What server do you currently have installed to test locally? I use WAMP, and the first thing I learnt (to my shame now

) was using localhost to view everything, completely forgot and tried to use a normal browser.
As for dreamweaver etc not viewing it, I use notepad until the code gets too long - have you already written some pages? Dreamweaver should open them up to edit fine (using MX / 8 and its quite happy with the php) but you wont be able to view it working on there, just write/edit code.
I find WAMP very easy to use as far as local servers go, so long as you remember to put your pages in the directory and view them through localhost - works a treat.
Re: Something is wrong with me i think
Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:04 am
by kenny724
Yes...i tried using localhost...but didn't seem to work for me. I assume that the root directory would be C:\ correct or the installation of the server. I just feel so stupid now. I do feel better saying this is a crappy computer...lol.
Re: Something is wrong with me i think
Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:39 am
by JNettles
You might want to avoid creating multiple topics on the same issue. Anyway - have you tried installing XAMPP? If not, download an install to your C:\ and try putting your PHP scripts in the htdocs folder -> C:\xampp\htdocs and then go to
http://localhost/ and see if it runs then.
Re: Something is wrong with me i think
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 4:40 am
by aravona
Ahh, yeah the directory on a WAMP to view the pages with localhost is the WWW folder within the WAMP folder, which is wherever you install it - they're not always obvious
