What Do I Need?
To start using PHP, you can:
- Find a web host
with PHP and MySQL support
- Install a web
server on your own PC, and then install PHP and MySQL
Use a Web Host With PHP
Support
Ø If your server has
activated support for PHP you do not need to do anything.
Ø Just create some
.php files, place them in your web directory, and the server will automatically
parse them for you.
Ø You do not need to
compile anything or install any extra tools.
Ø Because PHP is
free, most web hosts offer PHP support.
Installing PHP
This
part is fairly easy, the PHP homepage is php.net,
you can download the CGI executable, or the ISAPI DLL's for PWS and IIS. But we
won't be downloading from php.net. Go to php4win.de
and download PHP 4.04. This file is
quite big too. So, again, be patient. Now, unzip the file to C:\php.
Stop Apache, if it isn't already. Copy php4ts.dll to the Windows\System
directory. In httpd.conf search for #LoadModule it should bring you to a
list of modules that can be loaded. Leave those alone, but directly under them,
add these lines:
LoadModule php4_module c:/php/sapi/php4apache.dll
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
Now,
write a file called test.php, with this as the content:
<?php
echo "PHP Rules!";
?>
Save the file, and put it into the directory you set as the document
root. You set that up above. Now start up Apache, and type this into the
location bar of your favorite web browser:
http://localhost/test.php
If all goes well, you should get a lovely:
PHP
Rules!
...on
the screen..
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