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
Mac
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
Mac
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?
Here are my choices....

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Click To Buy it @ Amazon
It's the only two books you need.
Here are my choices....

Click To Buy it @ Amazon
&

Click To Buy it @ Amazon
It's the only two books you need.
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