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cbrain · Post by **cbrain** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 2:17 pm

I was thinking about installing php to my computer. If I install it, how does it work? Will my computer turn into a web server which anyone could acces (which I don't want), or will it just allow me to view php scripts in my browser?

Martin Blank · Post by **Martin Blank** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 3:42 pm

Neither. PHP is a scripting language, and its capabilities are based on what you have installed. If you intend to use it to learn the language for use in scripting web pages, you will need to install some kind of web server (Apache, IIS, or similar). Its presence will not allow you to read PHP off of remote websites, because all that is transmitted to you is the HTML generated on the server by the script. You can use it purely locally sort of like an extremely powerful batch scripting language, but there aren't many tutorials on this.

cbrain · Post by **cbrain** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 4:00 pm

Soooooooo......the thing you download of the php website is just a libary of scripts?

cbrain · Post by **cbrain** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:34 pm

Coughs.

SHS` · Post by **SHS`** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 8:45 pm

cbrain wrote: Coughs.

"You can lead a horse to water, though you cannot make it drink."

PHP's own site and the package you download is filled with a wealth of information on how to install it along with what's required. Read it and learn from it. Otherwise you're beyond your own competencies and asking for trouble.

cbrain · Post by **cbrain** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:30 pm

Ok....I have downloaded and installed it but theres not that many files. So....do I use php.exe to write my scripts, and if so, how do I save and load them?

I have never been faced with a commandline interface before....

SHS` · Post by **SHS`** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:14 pm

cbrain wrote: Ok....I have downloaded and installed it but theres not that many files. So....do I use php.exe to write my scripts, and if so, how do I save and load them?

I have never been faced with a commandline interface before....

Had you read the documentation (which by asking the question above it's very clear that you haven't) you'd have enlightened yourself that no commandline is required at all to install PHP on Windows.

cbrain · Post by **cbrain** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:17 pm

Which file is the documentation?

Spiros- · Post by **Spiros-** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:35 pm

cbrain wrote: Which file is the documentation?

The documentation is here. By the way have you browsed php.net for a bit, or you decided to go straight to the downloads page? You could find the instructions with ease..

redhair · Post by **redhair** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 11:23 pm

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