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New to server dev, PHP etc.

Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 2:37 am
by cvcs1
Hello,

I am going to sound really dumb, but when I create a PHP file (i don't know how to do this yet..) and put code in it then put it on a server, how exactly does my server know when to run it? how?

Thanks!

Re: New to server dev, PHP etc.

Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:13 am
by Darhazer
cvcs1 wrote:Hello,

I am going to sound really dumb, but when I create a PHP file (i don't know how to do this yet..) and put code in it then put it on a server, how exactly does my server know when to run it? how?

Thanks!
If we are talking about a web application, it is running it when HTTP request to that file arrives :)
In other words, when you type the URL to the PHP file, the code is runned and the output is send to the browser

Re: New to server dev, PHP etc.

Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 1:06 pm
by cvcs1
Ah, this makes sense :D , If I were to be accessing information from a different device (iPhone) using a get method (i think) how does this work?

Re: New to server dev, PHP etc.

Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 1:41 pm
by Darhazer
cvcs1 wrote:Ah, this makes sense :D , If I were to be accessing information from a different device (iPhone) using a get method (i think) how does this work?
The same way - it's the HTTP protocol that takes care of this :)