First of all, I would like to say that I am new to the forums and PHP. I'm reading Programming PHP right now.
My question is, is there a way I can test my PHP code without going throgh the trouble of installing Apache and PHP on my PC? I've heard of a programm called Zend, I am not sure if it does that or if its just a debugger, but its a bit out of my price range. If you know any free software that would help me out with this and save me the time of uploading everything, let me know. If not, do you think its worth installing Apache and PHP?
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- mydimension
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installing apache/php isn't that difficult. If you follow the instructions by the letter you should be through in less than half an hour.
Next step would be the right editor.
Take a look at viewtopic.php?t=3495
The more complex your scripts become the more you will apreciate the features of a debugger. So also take a look at http://www.php.net/manual/en/debugger.php
Next step would be the right editor.
Take a look at viewtopic.php?t=3495
The more complex your scripts become the more you will apreciate the features of a debugger. So also take a look at http://www.php.net/manual/en/debugger.php
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There's also packages like phpdev which installs everything you need and from what I've heard (never tried it myself) seems to work quite well at getting things running easily.
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