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Stupid question :)

Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2002 2:24 am
by sapna
Hi,

I m a newbie to PHP.I just know that PHP is used for server side programming.

Could anyone tell me wht r all the softwares need to be installed , to work on PHP?

also I want to know wht is the use of PHP source code.. ?? Do we get any set up need to be installed??? Please give me the links for it.

Regards,
Sapna

Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2002 4:24 am
by Traduim
Mainly, you need PHP itself and some kind of webserver software, like IIS or Apache.

You will find all the information needed to develop PHP webs at http://www.php.net

Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2002 6:18 am
by Rincewind
Apache (webserver) http://www.apache.org
PHP (script engine) http://www.php.net

That does the trick to run PHP scripts, but you may allso want an SQL server for serving your
scripts data, I use and love MySQL http://www.mysql.com

All the software above should run under just about any OS you could choose to run, personally
I prefer Linux.

Good luck

Rincewind_the_Wizzard

hi sapna

Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2002 7:17 am
by Fari
if you download Apache 2 read the PHP Documentation carefully on the website for the correct version of the PHP to be installed. Also you have to copy some files and change the php.ini and httpd.cnf(??) file before it'll run! I damn nearly pulled all my hairs out after upgrading from Apache 1.3.9 (I think) to Apache 2