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  • Jeff B
    #1

    Problem installing PHP

    Hello,

    Im learning PHP along with MySql. I installed MySql with no problem and
    have completed several tutorials to learn it. Now when trying to use PHP
    code within an html page it dosn't display anything,even with a simple
    display command.

    I installed the newest version of PHP(windows installer) and MySql on my
    home PC to do these tutorials and connect seem to get PHP working. Im sure
    its just a setting that im not properly configuring upon install of PHP or
    perhaps i have to install another piece of software to act as a webserver?
    is this needed even for pc testing?

    Any help on this would be great.

    Thanx.
    Jeff.


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    • Billy Hates
      #2
      Re: Problem installing PHP

      On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:49:21 -0500, Jeff B wrote:
      [color=blue]
      > Hello,
      >
      > Im learning PHP along with MySql. I installed MySql with no problem and
      > have completed several tutorials to learn it. Now when trying to use PHP
      > code within an html page it dosn't display anything,even with a simple
      > display command.
      >
      > I installed the newest version of PHP(windows installer) and MySql on my
      > home PC to do these tutorials and connect seem to get PHP working. Im sure
      > its just a setting that im not properly configuring upon install of PHP or
      > perhaps i have to install another piece of software to act as a webserver?
      > is this needed even for pc testing?
      >
      > Any help on this would be great.
      >
      > Thanx.
      > Jeff.[/color]
      PHP is just a component of a web-server. PHP generates an HTML output that
      should be viewed in a web browser. You certainly may redirect all PHP
      output in a file, then open it with Mozilla as a local file. But it's much
      easier and convenient to use some web server as a medium between PHP and
      your browser. So it's true that you have to install a webserver even for
      pc testing. Seek the Web. There should be a number of free simple web
      servers for windows. At least you can use Apache from apache.org

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        • Jeff B
          #3
          Re: Problem installing PHP

          My plan is to code the website on my pc and then transport to host on the
          internet. Is this practical or is there a better way to do it for
          maintenance and so on. As you can probably tell my experience with websites
          is limited but i do have a programming background.


          "Billy Hates" <billyhates@yah oo.com.com.com> wrote in message
          news:pan.2005.1 2.15.22.11.03.5 51143@yahoo.com .com.com...[color=blue]
          > On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:49:21 -0500, Jeff B wrote:
          >[color=green]
          >> Hello,
          >>
          >> Im learning PHP along with MySql. I installed MySql with no problem and
          >> have completed several tutorials to learn it. Now when trying to use PHP
          >> code within an html page it dosn't display anything,even with a simple
          >> display command.
          >>
          >> I installed the newest version of PHP(windows installer) and MySql on my
          >> home PC to do these tutorials and connect seem to get PHP working. Im
          >> sure
          >> its just a setting that im not properly configuring upon install of PHP
          >> or
          >> perhaps i have to install another piece of software to act as a
          >> webserver?
          >> is this needed even for pc testing?
          >>
          >> Any help on this would be great.
          >>
          >> Thanx.
          >> Jeff.[/color]
          > PHP is just a component of a web-server. PHP generates an HTML output that
          > should be viewed in a web browser. You certainly may redirect all PHP
          > output in a file, then open it with Mozilla as a local file. But it's much
          > easier and convenient to use some web server as a medium between PHP and
          > your browser. So it's true that you have to install a webserver even for
          > pc testing. Seek the Web. There should be a number of free simple web
          > servers for windows. At least you can use Apache from apache.org
          >[/color]


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            • Jeff B
              #4
              Re: Problem installing PHP

              My plan is to code the website on my pc and then transport to host on the
              internet. Is this practical or is there a better way to do it for
              maintenance and so on. As you can probably tell my experience with websites
              is limited but i do have a programming background.


              "Krustov" <krusty@krustov .co.uk.INVALID> wrote in message
              news:MPG.1e0bfa c9eada8d7298a9c e@no-cancel.newsread er.com...[color=blue]
              > <comp.lang.ph p , Jeff B , bigtagREMOVE@ho tmail.com>
              > <dnsod2$q94$1@n rc-news.nrc.ca>
              > <Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:49:21 -0500>
              >[color=green]
              >> Any help on this would be great.
              >>[/color]
              >
              > Something like XAMPP is a easy install as it configures everything for
              > you and everything works straight off the button ..... usually :-)[/color]


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                • MaKroZ
                  #5
                  Re: Problem installing PHP

                  On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:30:58 +0000, Krustov wrote:
                  [color=blue]
                  > <comp.lang.ph p , Jeff B , bigtagREMOVE@ho tmail.com>
                  > <dnsq9t$rd5$1@n rc-news.nrc.ca>
                  > <Thu, 15 Dec 2005 17:21:47 -0500>
                  >[color=green]
                  >> My plan is to code the website on my pc and then transport to host on the
                  >> internet. Is this practical
                  >>[/color]
                  >
                  > Unless somebody says different - its usually the best way to do it .[/color]

                  Yes, it's a good way. I used to use similar before. But then had to change
                  my methods. It's actually too hard to keep both (local and remote) servers
                  in the identical configuration, so I had to test my projects again on the
                  remote server before I could put them in public. Now I develop right on
                  the remote machine under a virtual host or in a "secret" directory.

                  --
                  nn = MaKroZ =
                  (oo) My bookmarks:
                  | | http://www.theisplist.com
                  |/\| http://www.10pieces.com

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                    • Default User
                      #6
                      Re: Problem installing PHP

                      Jeff B wrote:
                      [color=blue]
                      > My plan is to code the website on my pc and then transport to host on
                      > the internet. Is this practical or is there a better way to do it
                      > for maintenance and so on. As you can probably tell my experience
                      > with websites is limited but i do have a programming background.[/color]

                      Yes, it is practical. As mentioned above, you'll need a webserver on
                      your PC. I installed the EasyPHP package, which bundles Apache, PHP,
                      and MySQL into a single download/installation. There are other similar
                      packages.



                      Brian

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                        • Jeff B
                          #7
                          Re: Problem installing PHP

                          Hi Brian,

                          thanx for helping out... I installed version 1.8 of EasyPHP... it installed
                          properly and seems to be running.

                          Now the problem because i have never done this before, where do i go from
                          here... I tried creating a simple PHP file called test.php with a simple
                          echo script... but didn't work... am i missing something??? also I tried it
                          in an HTML file also didn't work... I know its probably something easy and
                          stupid that im missing... but please help..

                          Thank You.
                          jeff.

                          "Default User" <defaultuserbr@ yahoo.com> wrote in message
                          news:40e9t3F1aa bhlU1@individua l.net...[color=blue]
                          > Jeff B wrote:
                          >[color=green]
                          >> My plan is to code the website on my pc and then transport to host on
                          >> the internet. Is this practical or is there a better way to do it
                          >> for maintenance and so on. As you can probably tell my experience
                          >> with websites is limited but i do have a programming background.[/color]
                          >
                          > Yes, it is practical. As mentioned above, you'll need a webserver on
                          > your PC. I installed the EasyPHP package, which bundles Apache, PHP,
                          > and MySQL into a single download/installation. There are other similar
                          > packages.
                          >
                          >
                          >
                          > Brian
                          >[/color]


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                            • Conrad
                              #8
                              Re: Problem installing PHP

                              Hi, you can verify that your webserver is actually running by creating
                              an .html and/or .php file and putting it in your document root folder.
                              Then from your web brower, perform the following:

                              http://localhost/<the name of the .php or .html>

                              Now, if you're not seeing anything and typing the URL doesn't produce
                              errors, then you'll need to start your webserver and try again.

                              Good luck,

                              -Conrad

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                                • Jeff B
                                  #9
                                  Re: Problem installing PHP

                                  Thanx Conrad... Ill give it a try... get a feeling it will work as i wasn't
                                  doing this... I automatically assumed it would work no matter where the file
                                  was on my pc.

                                  Jeff.

                                  "Conrad" <conradwt@gmail .com> wrote in message
                                  news:1134779599 .320463.206950@ z14g2000cwz.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=blue]
                                  > Hi, you can verify that your webserver is actually running by creating
                                  > an .html and/or .php file and putting it in your document root folder.
                                  > Then from your web brower, perform the following:
                                  >
                                  > http://localhost/<the name of the .php or .html>
                                  >
                                  > Now, if you're not seeing anything and typing the URL doesn't produce
                                  > errors, then you'll need to start your webserver and try again.
                                  >
                                  > Good luck,
                                  >
                                  > -Conrad
                                  >[/color]


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