Im looking for a software that will let me open .php files normally in my browser?
Posted on March 8th, 2010 by admin
Im learning to write .php files but cant open them on my computer, I know that there is a software that creates a local host on your computer, but i dont know what it is called.
can anyone help me?
You can also use XAMPP for windows package. It bundles a bunch of free products into a single package. After downloading and installing,
run the Control Panel exe file located in the install directory
in the panel, start just the Apache module unless you want to use the other modules
find the "htdocs" directory in the XAMPP install directory,
put your php file in there
open browser and go to http://localhost/<your file>
for example: http://localhost/helloworld.php
The site has more documentation.
March 8th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
if you are using windows, you can install IIS (Internet information services) Though the windows components part of the "Add or remove programs" you can then set up a web server (Information on how to is here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323972) Then you can download and install PHP from here http://windows.php.net/download/. so that it will run PHP scripts.
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March 8th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
google.php and it will list software
References :
March 8th, 2010 at 6:42 pm
You can also use XAMPP for windows package. It bundles a bunch of free products into a single package. After downloading and installing,
run the Control Panel exe file located in the install directory
in the panel, start just the Apache module unless you want to use the other modules
find the "htdocs" directory in the XAMPP install directory,
put your php file in there
open browser and go to http://localhost/<your file>
for example: http://localhost/helloworld.php
The site has more documentation.
References :
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/index.html