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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
This is much easier:

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/phpt ... e?download


Newer version costs a bit of cash: http://phpgeek.com/

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 :D

Mind you, a prebuilt solution could be just fine if you don't wan't to know about configuration... up to you...