what's required for to build a website in php by own PC.

[gautammysql]

Hi,

 

Plz replyme

 

my question is :--- If I want to build a website in php language so what's should                                           

                            be have in my pc and why? plz reply me in brief description

                            if possible.

                         

 

 

 

                        Thanks.

[wildteen88]

To create your PHP scripts all you need is a basic text editor such as Notepad. PHP is a server side programming langauge your PC wont be able to understand what PHP is and so you cannot run it directly in the browser, like you can with a .html files for example.

 

What you'll want to do install a server environment. Such as download Apache and PHP. Or if you are on windows you can download a pre-configured install of AMP (Apache, PHP and MySQL (a database)), such as wampserver.com

 

For *nix based systems you can use XAMPP.

 

That is the very basics.

[gautamphp]

Hi,

 

thanks to reply me,

 

when we write a php script in text editor and save it .php extension, where it will store and how we run it after save .php extension.

Because when we save a html script by .html extension it save as a internet explorer site on my computer desktop and I can see it by clicking on this icon which is created by when i have save a file .html extension So, plz tell me how

and where it will save a file or script coding if i will save it as a .php extension.

 

 

Thanks.................

[gautammysql]

Hi,

 

thanks to reply me,

 

when we write a php script in text editor and save it .php extension, where it will store and how we run it after save .php extension.

Because when we save a html script by .html extension it save as a internet explorer site on my computer desktop and I can see it by clicking on this icon which is created by when i have save a file .html extension So, please tell me how

and where it will save a file or script coding if i will save it as a .php extension.

 

 

Thanks.................

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To create your PHP scripts all you need is a basic text editor such as Notepad. PHP is a server side programming langauge your PC wont be able to understand what PHP is and so you cannot run it directly in the browser, like you can with a .html files for example.

 

What you'll want to do install a server environment. Such as download Apache and PHP. Or if you are on windows you can download a pre-configured install of AMP (Apache, PHP and MySQL (a database)), such as wampserver.com

 

For *nix based systems you can use XAMPP.

 

That is the very basics.

[wildteen88]

it depends on Apaches configuration. Have you installed an AMP package yet, I recommended a few in my last post.

 

From memory of using the two packages above I think for AMP you save your files in C:/wamp/www and for xxamp it is C:/program files/xampp/htdocs

 

When you want to run your .php files you'd open your web browser and go to http://localhost/script-name.php

 

You can not run them by just double clicking on them, like you can with .html files. You must go to http://localhost to invoke the http server (Apache) in order for your PHP scripts to get parsed.