Dark57 Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Ok I have been in and out of different coding languages from basic HTML to C++, I'm not looking to seriously program anything hardcore or make it my job but I would like to start learning PHP. I have done some research and from what I can tell you have to have a web server running to develop with PHP? Right now I only have one computer and I'm unsure of how I could continue using it for regular use, and using it for development. If this is not the case then how can I begin my adventure into PHP? I'm currently running Vista, and I would like to know the fastest way to get into casual PHP coding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o3d Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 From what I can remember it was quite a mission to get php5 working in vista with IIS. My recommendation is to install vmware server, then install debian as a virtual machine having Apache, PHP5 and MySQL installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark57 Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 Thank you, it would have taken me hours to figure this out. I will attempt to get this thing running and I will post results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark57 Posted March 25, 2010 Author Share Posted March 25, 2010 Is it just me or is the Debian website down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Its just you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gighalen Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 I always use WAMP on a machine where I need a fast install. It installs Apache, PHP, MySQL, and all the other critical components. Enabling/Disabling features is done through the control panel as well, so there in so need to edit the php.ini file, etc manually. http://www.wampserver.com/en/download.php As far as actually learning PHP goes, I would look into the tutorials over at w3schools.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oni-kun Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 WAMP is nice for dev, very much the same, centOS/Fedora with FASTCGI for production. And you'll be happy to see similar function naming conventions to C/C++, such as the newly added OOP programming structure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 centOS/Fedora with FASTCGI Why would you be using fastcgi in production? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark57 Posted March 26, 2010 Author Share Posted March 26, 2010 Strangely enough I couldn't get WAMP to run. It keeps giving me the errors: "cli has stopped working." And "Apache HTTP Server has stopped working." Every time I try to run it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Possibly because you are running XAMPP on the background? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark57 Posted March 26, 2010 Author Share Posted March 26, 2010 No I didn't install xampp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 No I didn't install xampp Port already in use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikesta707 Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 if you have skype installed, you may need to change the port (to add on to what ignace said) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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