|  | Posted by Chuck Anderson on 06/16/05 04:36 
Joseph Melnick wrote:
 >Hello Caesar,
 >
 >
 Chuck, actually, ...... ô¿Ô¬
 
 >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.
 >
 >
 Thanks. I hadn't caught that. I think it's time for me to start using
 newer software.
 
 Also, being able to test scripts in Php5 will give me a head start on
 using it before my host switches.
 
 >"Chuck Anderson" <websiteaddress@seemy.sig> wrote in message
 >news:HrGdna7qs9PFJS3fRVn-1A@comcast.com...
 >
 >
 >>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$1@phys-news1.kolumbus.fi...
 >>>
 >>>
 >>>
 >>>>"Caesar" <caesar@ms.com> kirjoitti
 >>>>viestissä:HJKdnaoB5M7nzC3fRVn-rA@eatel.net...
 >>>>
 >>>>
 >>>>
 >>>>>"Kimmo Laine" <eternal.erectionN05P@Mgmail.com> wrote in message
 >>>>>news:YtPre.5971$_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
 >>>>
 >>>>
 >>>>
 >>>>
 >>>
 >>>
 >>>
 
 
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