tillabong Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 hi im really new to this php thing. i dont really understand the rational behind dowloading the php program. is it to allow you to read php files? im using windows vista home premium service pack 1. i downloaded apache_2.2.14-win32-x86-no_ssl and installed PHP 5.3 (5.3.1) VC6 x86 Non Thread Safe using the installer from the php website. when i used the installer they gave me the option of fastcgi, other cgi or no web server. when i clicked fastcgi they said that IIS was not up to date or something. so i downloaded IIS7 using windows web platform. i uploaded a php file to a host server and when i open it using a web browser only the htmls show up. can anyone enlighten me on this? thank you very much. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/185040-cant-seem-to-read-php-files/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 i dont really understand the rational behind dowloading the php program. The php program is what executes php code within a server. It has nothing to do with being able to read php code. Once a php program has been executed via a php enabled server you can only ever see the output of said program (usually just plain html). What exactly are you wanting to achieve? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/185040-cant-seem-to-read-php-files/#findComment-976744 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tillabong Posted December 14, 2009 Author Share Posted December 14, 2009 oh ok then what is apache used for? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/185040-cant-seem-to-read-php-files/#findComment-976762 Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Apache is the most commonly used web server. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/185040-cant-seem-to-read-php-files/#findComment-976780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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