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I want to install a webserver to test PHP code. What should I use? I've got WAMP downloaded... I went to install... it requires 2GB. I don't want to waste that amount of space. What else should I consider? Or is WAMP the best option? XAMP? IIS? Looking for some pointers and starting guidelines. Thanks.

I wanted to develop a Wordpress plugin. There's a few existing plugins for the subject I wanted to code. I thought I would get some inspiration by looking at the code. It's a gigantic mess of spaghetti! The code I looked at, looks like it's been made using an IDE. There seems to be so many folders and files - it's crazy. Others I looked at seem to be similar. It seems like an enterprise application. I'm more than capable of writing a spec and coding myself. The only thing I'm missing would be Wordpress practices - setting up tables and using hooks and other things. Any advice? Or do I just get dirty and sink my head into the code and untangle? QUESTIONS: - Do you use an IDE to code PHP? - What are the most popular IDE's? Thanks.

I need to scrape a Chinese website. (I guess there is no difference between scraping a Chinese website and a normal one?) It's my suppliers weblink. They have have told me to download images and text from their website profile link off 1688.com. There is an API - but from what I've read, it's pants + my virus checked doesn't allow me to visit the API doc page. What tool should I use? I've got lots of experience coding - but master of none. Maybe I still fall into the newbie category. LOL. I saw a link from an article... they gave these names: Goutte Simple HTML DOM htmlSQL cURL Requests HTTPful Buzz Guzzle Which should I consider? IMPORTANT: I need to download and then upload into my Woocommerce website. I need images + variation details. I'll have a little file with translations, so if XYZ is found in Chinese, then it is replaced with this. I thought I would mention the extra detail incase it was relevant to considering which scraping tool to pick. Thanks!