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Started by Bouzy210, Jul 10 2007 02:49 PM

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#1 Bouzy210

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 02:49 PM

I can tell this is going to be fun learning PHP, but some of the tutorials on hear arn't very consistant. Some say you can do PHP coding in only wordpad, while others say you need programs. Personally if its possible to learn php without all the programs it would be good but what do I need? Is php like html where you can view the results in your browser or do you have to have other stuff. So far I have Wamp 1.7.2. I have no idea what it is or what it does I was just told I needed it. I also have PHP Designer 2007 Personal. I have no idea how to use this program either and if its any good. I also have a PHP manual thing. If anyone could point me out to a reliable tutorial or tell me what of this I acually need that would be good. So far I understand some things about PHP, but not really. (I have been thorugh like 15 begginers tutorials. They all pretty much say the same thing explain what tags look like and stuff, but a couple of them said I needed these programs.

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 03:20 PM

The reason you need wamp is because that is a local web server that turns your local host into a web server with apache, php and mysql. I personally would suggest apache2triad, as it is far better and way easier to install and use.
There are some videos on apache2triad here and you can download it from here.

The reason you need a web server is that php is a server side scripting language, meaning that everything is done on the server and just echos the page as html to the viewer.

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#3 rc69

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 10:30 PM

You may have misread the tutorials. I can't say exactly, but i believe most would say something along the lines of "you only need notepad" not "you need notepad."

Basically, if you can read HTML with a program then you can read PHP with that program as well. But you are trying to be way to extravagent. That can lead to confusion (which is why we have this topic).

Read some FAQ's on how to use wampserver and you may understand it better. If you have a host for your website that supports PHP, i would recommend starting the learning process there. A localhost can be a bit confusing if you don't understand the basics.