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Newbie, fairly stuck on local web server setup
Posted: Sun May 25, 2003 4:19 am
by fieldil
I hope that someone can help. Every time I test my PHP scripts I have to upload to my host server which is costing myself money. I here that there is a way that you can setup your PC to view your PHP work (local server).
Any ideas?
Posted: Sun May 25, 2003 4:49 am
by werlop
Of course!
What you need is apache, php, and MySql if you are doing database work.
get apache from
http://www.apache.org, get php from
http://www.php.net and get mysql from
http://www.mysql.com
When you have got everything report back. What OS are you using btw?
David
Posted: Sun May 25, 2003 6:30 am
by fieldil
Thanks for the response mate, I'll definately take a visit to those sites. I'm using XP. I'll report back asap. Thanks
Lance
Posted: Sun May 25, 2003 3:48 pm
by m3mn0n
Posted: Sun May 25, 2003 4:01 pm
by werlop
While I agree a prebuild solution is easier, I think that learning how to configure apache properly is very useful - afterall, it's not as if it's all *that* hard, took me about half an hour to get my server all up, and trust me, im a LOT younger than most of you
Mind you, a prebuilt solution could be just fine if you don't wan't to know about configuration... up to you...