I'm new to PHP, it seems to me its in way like HTML, what kind of software do I need? I'm confused with the Apache software. i just want to run code right now.
2007-07-24 19:59:12 · 4 answers · asked by HoHoHo 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
PHP is nothing like HTML. PHP is a programing language that performs operations based on instructions. HTML is a markup language that describes the components of a text document (this is a paragraph, this is a heading, etc).
You need two pieces of software, at a minimum. PHP itself and a text editor to write the programs in.
http://php.net/
http://jedit.org/
If you want to generate webpages dynamically using PHP (as opposed to writing other kinds of programs in the language) then you need a webserver with a PHP module. Apache is a good choice.
http://www.wampserver.com/en/ is a quick and dirty way to get PHP and Apache installed together under Windows.
2007-07-24 20:05:57 · answer #1 · answered by David D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PHP is a programming language that runs on the server side of a connection; it typically produces HTML which is sent back to the client. So although it helps to know HTML while programming PHP, it's certainly not 'in a way like HTML'!
You might want to check out this site:
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
It will allow you to install all you need to do PHP or Perl programming, including MySQL and Apache. Once you've done that, you can ask more specific questions on this, or a XAMPP-related forum.
2007-07-25 03:19:20 · answer #2 · answered by Uninformed hence not consenting 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PHP is in the same league as ASP and JSP and others (redundant? maybe, but tell that to the programmer-type folks behind free-software movement) and it is scripting language that gets processed in the Web server.
It is bundled to be part of the main Apache Web Server and that is the software you need. I am at the moment using a derivative called Apache-Tomcat for development in JSP.
HTML is a client-side markup for the Web, it stood in a catagory of its own.
2007-07-25 03:14:18 · answer #3 · answered by Andy T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just install vertrigo ...
just search in google for download :D
it bundle ... apache , php and mysql in one package ....
so you don't need to modify anything
by
http://www.gunungpring.com
2007-07-25 03:07:19 · answer #4 · answered by gunungpring 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋