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seeker2921
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Hello,

I've decided I want to get into PHP seriously.. What I would like to know is what should I download in order for me to start devloping PHP scripts. All the things i've done with PHP so far i've just uploaded to my server and used tested it there.. I run Win XP Pro.. any help would be great. Thanx
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Since you've got XP pro you can just download php and if you follow the instructions carefully you can pretty quickly set it up to run on IIS:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.php
http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.iis.php

Alternatively you could ditch IIS and switch to Apache, then you can use one of the free multi-installers like phpdev which will install Apache, PHP, MySQL plus a few other goodies in a fairly simple way:
http://www.firepages.com.au/phpdev41.htm

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Post by m3mn0n »

The internet is great for information, but the hard part is finding it all. I really recommend having a book rather than online tutorials because thoses quite often are never detailed enough or too confusing for newbies. Books are well organized and hey how easy it is to goto the front of a book and find all you need? :wink:

Here are my choices....

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It's the only two books you need. 8)
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This is probably something you've already thought of but the main sources of info I use are the php manual from php.net (I recommend downloading the version with user comments) and the mysql manual mysql.com.
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Post by seeker2921 »

Acctully McGruff, I didnt even thing of that.. Also thanx for all the help. I decided to use Apache instead of IIS and When I tried installing it. It didnt work. I cant get it to work correctly
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Post by McGruff »

Sorry I don't know much about installing apache. I use easyphp.org which saves all the hassle (works for us W98 old timers anyway).
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