Posted by Tom on 11/16/07 18:36

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:51:04 -0800, Wyngs wrote...
>
>Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>
>> Wyngs wrote:
>> > Is there any way to look at the results of my php coding without
>> > installing a web server like Apache or uploading my work to my host? I'm
>> > currently doing the latter with some exercises, and it's very time
>> > consuming.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance
>> >
>> > Wings
>> >
>>
>> Nope. If you're doing web pages, you need a webserver. But it's not
>> hard at all to install. Google for WAMP or XAMP - both are easy
>> installations of Apache, MySQL and PHP on Windows.
>>
>>
>Roger that. I served up my web site for a couple of years with XAMP. I
>was hoping I could avoid reinstalling it, however.
>
>Thanks much.
>


What's nice is there are packages for a Windows or a Linux/Unix environment that
really simplify the setup for Web and MySQL. Instead of having to download and
install PHP, Apache, and MySQL from source code, you can download and install
one of those packages in no time.

Tom
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