Thread: iThe Internet!

iThe Internet! Okay, well anyways. I wanted to play around with PHP etc. so I downloaded MySql, Apache, and PHP. I installed them... /* BLA BLA BLA BLA BLA */ Okay, now I'm ready to start. Uh oh! I have no idea what to do! Where do I create my PHP files at?

- SirCrono6

P.S. Just in case:

Compiler: Dev-C++ 4.9.8.0
OS: Windows ME
Server: Apache
Other: MySql / PHP

I'm no expert at this area, but I believe PHP files can either go anywhere, and you just run them like programs, or if this server is hooked up to a domain, whatever as considered the root directory as far as that domain is concerned, is where you'd place PHP files. I'm not entirely sure what you're asking, but I hope that helps.

edit: The MySQL installation will register itself in the server such that any SQL requests made in PHP will automatically get through to the database. If you have a tutorial or book you're learning PHP from, the example they give you for SQL should also include instructions for you as to where to put your server name, user name and password, etc.. The rest is taken care of by the computer.

Hop on over to www.dzsoft.com download the free trial of there php editor. I use it, very good. There you can create your php files and view them too. When you click the run tab you will have to locate the php.exe file you installed with the release binaries. After that you are ready to go!

In html use <?php to start a php area of code, and ?> to end it. Heres an example of some php.

Code:

<?php

// this is a function
function add($a, $b) {
     return $a+$b;
}

$aVariable = add(93,7);
echo "The answer is " . $aVariable;
?>

have fun.

yeah... PHP is similar to HTML... all the pages need is to be on a server that can parse PHP...

Yeah, I found a good tutorial on it. I'm trying to install Apache but I get the error in the console. I couldn't keep it open to read it. But I noticed it said syntax error on line 57, and that it must be a valid file path:

httpd.conf

Code:

# ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's
# configuration, error, and log files are kept.
#
# NOTE!  If you intend to place this on an NFS (or otherwise network)
# mounted filesystem then please read the LockFile documentation (available
# at <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod....html#lockfile>);
# you will save yourself a lot of trouble.
#
# Do NOT add a slash at the end of the directory path.
# Line 57, I believe it should be below:
ServerRoot "C:/Babar/¥egimite/PHP @@ServerRoot@@ HTML/Apache2"

My path for Apache is: C:/Babar/¥egimite/PHP & HTML/Apache2
(In Apache's backward slash land )

- SirCrono6