Local Testing for Newbie
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Local Testing for Newbie
Hi. Im kinda newbie with PHP. I wanted to build/edit php pages locally. I had just downloaded PHP 4.3.3 Installer from the php site. Im running a Windows XP Prof on my PC. Im also using dreamweaver mx for encoding. Now please tell me what do next or things yet to consider. Im confused mostly on the web server/local testing thing. Is there a web server on win XP prof? how can i enable it? (all i wanted is that i'll encode PHP on dreamweaver and be able to preview it on my browser.)
no, there is no personal web server built into XP... you should go download Apache ( http://www.apache.org )... then, there is a tutorial on how to configure apache to your downloaded version of PHP at http://internetmaster.com/installtutorial/ ... that may be of some help...
you should consider downloading easyphp (http://www.easyphp.org)...really simple and easy to use for windows user...u ll have all u need to test pages on your computer 
sokkit is yet another ( http://www.phpgeek.com )