wantstolearnphp Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Is there a shell i'm supposed to be opening somewhere? I've got WAMP server 2.1 installed with PHP.5.3.5.. and if there is a shell so I can enter this command and set the switches or flags I've been reading about so I can manipulate dbm databases. The php manual talks about the things I should do but nothing tells me specifically where the hell I need to run these commands. I followed sever tutorials and nothing has been working for me. I've got a application I'm working on that currently saves customer information in files, outputs the info just added to the file, then allows you to delete them and I really want to keep learning but am having quite a bit of trouble finding where to enter these commands. What am I missing? I feel like its right in front of my eyes... I've tried going into the directory i have php and running the cli and cgi from there out of desperation. Just opens up a shell which I cannot do anything with... am i just stupid? and if I am please someone spell this process out for me so I use set dba handlers and create dbm database so I can move on to SQL after. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/231055-where-do-i-use-the-configure-command-at/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug G Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 ./configure is a command for linux, not windows. configure is one of the steps when compiling a program from source code. On windows you won't have a compiler available unless you've installed one yourself. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/231055-where-do-i-use-the-configure-command-at/#findComment-1189371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wantstolearnphp Posted March 19, 2011 Author Share Posted March 19, 2011 Ok so I'm not completely nuts... how am I to make it so I can work with dbm databases on my machine then? What do I have to do? How do I use php to manipulate the databases on a windows system? Download a compiler to compile what? PHP or php source? I'm so confused! Is there something I can add in my php scripts that will make the dba functions available? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/231055-where-do-i-use-the-configure-command-at/#findComment-1189378 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug G Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 I don't know what a dbm database is. php has drivers for mysql, mssql, and with odbc you can use other databases that have odbc drivers. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/231055-where-do-i-use-the-configure-command-at/#findComment-1190098 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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