jonamr
August 17th, 2005, 02:20 PM
yea so i want to learn php. before i go out and buy some severspace on the net i want to learn it and run it localy. i downloaded apache, php, and mysql. i havent installed them yet because i have no clue how to set them up when i install them. i tried to install apache but it wants to know my network domain, server name, and the admin email. what do i put in these fields if i want to run it localy?
degsy
August 17th, 2005, 03:14 PM
You can put dummy information in there if you want.
Server could be localhost seeing as though you will be running it from the localhost (your PC)
You can usually leave them blank though.
jonamr
August 17th, 2005, 04:34 PM
ok i got all installed. i have no idea how to open a php file though.
degsy
August 17th, 2005, 04:51 PM
Did you install both?
You need to setup Apache to parse PHP files. It should be in the instructions.
If you want an easier approach then check out one of these combined packages
http://www.appservnetwork.com/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phptriad/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/foxserv/
jonamr
August 17th, 2005, 10:49 PM
thanks. i got foxserv and it seems to be working a o k!