|  | Posted by Joseph Melnick on 06/16/05 03:17 
Hello Caesar,
 You can have the best of both with WAMP5
 
 http://www.wampserver.com/en/index.php
 
 Get the PHP4 add-on and have PHP4 and PHP5 at your disposal on the same
 personal server.
 
 Joseph Melnick
 JM Web Consultants
 http://www.jphp.com/
 
 
 
 "Chuck Anderson" <websiteaddress@seemy.sig> wrote in message
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 > Joseph Melnick wrote:
 >
 >>Hello Kimmo, Caesar;
 >>
 >>There are a number of projects that put all these things together for you.
 >>One that I like to run locally on my laptop is WAMP5.
 >>
 >>Basically an install for Windows that Includes Apache, MySQL and PHP5.
 >>
 >>Download and Install and useful in a couple of minutes.
 >>
 >>
 > Is there anything this convenient that uses Php 4 (for Windows)? I'm still
 > using the old PhpTriad that I installed a couple of years ago. I've
 > updated Php and Phpmyadmin, but I don't think I'm getting the performance
 > I should. (My scripts perform faster - the pages are delivered faster to
 > my browser - on the remote Linux server I use than on my PC).
 >
 >>
 >>"Kimmo Laine" <eternal.erectionN0.5P@Mgmail.com> wrote in message
 >>news:d8pk2q$k6s$1@phys-news1.kolumbus.fi...
 >>
 >>>"Caesar" <caesar@ms.com> kirjoitti
 >>>viestissδ:HJKdnaoB5M7nzC3fRVn-rA@eatel.net...
 >>>
 >>>>"Kimmo Laine" <eternal.erectionN05P@Mgmail.com> wrote in message
 >>>>news:YtPre.5971$_X4.5038@reader1.news.jippii.net...
 >>>>
 >>>>>"Caesar" <caesar@ms.com> wrote in message
 >>>>>news:guednRzm3uTODjLfRVn-uw@eatel.net...
 >>>>>
 >>>>>>"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
 >>>>>>news:FsGdnX3iyqFYGzLfRVn-3A@comcast.com...
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>>>Caesar wrote:
 >>>>>>>
 >>>>>>>>Hi,
 >>>>>>>>
 >>>>>>>>  I'm wondering if anyone here can point me in the right direction.
 >>>>>>>>
 >>>>My
 >>>>
 >>>>>>host
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>>>>does not provide php, and so I need to pull this data from another
 >>>>>>>>
 >>>>>>server
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>>>>that does support such scripting.
 >>>>>>>>
 >>>>>>>>  Help?
 >>>>>>>>
 >>>>>>>>JC
 >>>>>>>>
 >>>>>>>>
 >>>>>>>>
 >>>>>>>Get a new host.
 >>>>>>>
 >>>>>>>
 >>>>>>Need other options.  I'm paid up for 3 years!!!!!
 >>>>>>thanks,
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>Look, since you are already gonna get another server that does support
 >>>>>
 >>>>php,
 >>>>
 >>>>>then what is the other one for? Is there no way you could get your
 >>>>>money
 >>>>>back? Or could you get php support from the current host by paying some
 >>>>>extra? Did it not occur to you that maybe you might need PHP? No
 >>>>>offence,
 >>>>>but wasn't that a bit hasty decision. If you commit to something for
 >>>>>three
 >>>>>years and especially if it costs a lot, shouldn't you find out these
 >>>>>
 >>>>things
 >>>>
 >>>>>_before_ you sign anything or pay anything...
 >>>>>
 >>>>>
 >>>>Hi,
 >>>> Yea, they are wanting me to move to their "sister" company who does $
 >>>>per-byte php hosting.  I'm not trying to use a database or anything.
 >>>>I'm
 >>>>just trying to use it to put pages together, mostly heading/menu/body
 >>>>html
 >>>>files to be thrown together.  Is there any kind of work around for such
 >>>>as
 >>>>this?
 >>>>
 >>>For that SSI (Server-Side Includes) would be suitable. Find out if they
 >>>support that. SSI would suit for that purpouse well, and it is quite
 >>>simple.
 >>>
 >>>For example, including jeader and footer pages would be just
 >>><!--#include virtual="/header.html" -->
 >>>The page itself, blaah blaah blaah...
 >>><!--#include virtual="/footer.html" -->
 >>>
 >>>Find out if you could get SSI support from the current provider.
 >>>
 >>>
 >>>> Does anyone know of any free hosting sites which provide php, that I
 >>>> might
 >>>>do some testing, some trial and error, some learning/training, to get
 >>>>the
 >>>>feel of  it, to see if this is right?
 >>>>
 >>>Yeah, it's called localhost, your own computer.. :) Install and setup
 >>>your own web server to your own computer. Apache and php are both free
 >>>and you can install them both to you own computer to make a training
 >>>server. That's how I started... Installing and configuring them together
 >>>is a job, I'll admit that, but there are plenty of online manuals and
 >>>tutorials for that.
 >>>
 >>>--
 >>>"I am pro death penalty. That way people learn
 >>>their lesson for the next time." -- Britney Spears
 >>>
 >>>eternal.erectionN0@5P4Mgmail.com
 >>>
 >>>
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >
 >
 > --
 > *****************************
 > Chuck Anderson  Boulder, CO
 > http://www.CycleTourist.com
 > Integrity is obvious.
 > The lack of it is common.
 > *****************************
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