I found a place to download it but I don't know what program I need. I really wanna get to see how PHP is done but I dunno what to do. A pop up keeps on popping up and saying to select a program from the list. Wtf?? Please help...
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I found a place to download it but I don't know what program I need. I really wanna get to see how PHP is done but I dunno what to do. A pop up keeps on popping up and saying to select a program from the list. Wtf?? Please help...
You only need to *have* php if you're going to be installing it on a server, I think.
Yes, you need a web serving program first.
look here, http://www.ricocheting.com/server/index.htmlThis guy has a ton of good tutorials on installing Apache, PHP, perl CGI, MySql and such on a windows box.
A GREAT reference.
If you install linux, most distros come with all these goodies
Bipper
Thanks!! Im trying it right now!! Thanks to both of you, I mean!! I should be some omni knowledge member. trying to learn not all but close...
<B>EDIT: I installed the apache server, so now what do I do??
Last edited by crashNUMBERS; 10-31-2005 at 12:51 PM.
Alright.. whelp. You have apache installed and working? Then install PHP as a module.
Also, you needn't learn everything, just learn what you like. To even try and encapsulate everyones knowlage (even on this foru,) would be near impossible.
Bipper
I know Omni means "All" but what I mean is that I learn what I am told or taught. Kind of like that character Yun from Live A Live but smarter...
Installing all that stuff individually and getting it to work together really isn't worth the effort. Check out <a href="http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Software_and_Servers/Installation_Kits/index.html">one of these</a>. I've just been using packages like that for a couple years now, and am pretty happy with <a href="http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/34417.html">this one</a>, though whatever works for you - they're all better solutions than the effort you'd otherwise exert.
Please explain what I must do for your way. Because you are god when it comes to this stuff...
I'm really not, and you're really just making me feel weird.Originally Posted by Chaos Prophecy.Crash..
The package I've been using, which can be downloaded at <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=71323">this link</a> comes in an executable (.exe), so just download the 35 MB (it comes with Apache server, PHP, mySQL, and a bunch of other crap you'll undoubtedly not use all together in one bundle), and double click the new file once that's done (might take a few minutes) and watch it go.
At various points during the installation, you'll be asked to specify a few options. At first, you'll have to select a language, and I can only guess that English is your first language, so there you have it. You'll next have to choose what kind of stuff you want to install. That's all up to you. I just go ahead and leave the default options checked. At the next screen, you have to choose a folder in which to install all these applications. Pick whatever directory you want, and remember it.
Following this, you'll be faced with a lot of options that you probably won't know anything about, but they have default values which you'll be fine in not changing, so just click next and you'll be alright, I promise.
Next you'll have a choice of Apache modules to enable, but you probably won't get any of this either. You're alright in not changing anything, so click Next if you want. The only change I make at this part of the installation is to check the box for mod_gzip. Moving on.
You'll now have to choose some mySQL options. Honestly, you can pick whatever you want here, because the technical differences between the types are probably something you won't realize for some time.
Yet a couple more options are there for you on the next screen. In the first box, my recommendation would be the second option that installs Apache as a service, but has to be started manually. Apache can be kind of taxing on your resources, and if you don't plan on writing a lot of code often, having it start every time you logon might not be good. Below this option you should see a small input box with some numbers in it. Don't touch that. Down at the bottom is another box with a few options. If you decided to have Apache start manually, you might want to pick the second choice so that Apache only starts when you use the Windows profile you're using now, so that other people using the computer don't have to deal with it. Click next.
This is the name of the menu item that occupies a spot on your Start Menu. You can name it whatever you want, or install it in a folder that already exists by picking one from the list.
Then click Install.
When installation is done, open a new tab in your browser and surf to http://localhost/. Now what do you see?
It doesn't show the MB sizeIs 36,000,000 35 MB??
Something like that.
MY DREAMS!! WHERE!? I don't have a PHP folder crap. It's not even in my programs!!
Crash, buddy, I haven't an idea what you're talking about.
I reccomend installing the software seperatly, and manually, as it gives you more of an understanding of how they work. Especially if one follows the awsome instructions on the site I reccomend.
Dr. Unne would even be proud, as it also shows how to install pearl!
Bipper
s/pearl/perl/i
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