OT: PHP

Fyron · #1 November 5th, 2003, 07:56 PM

You can not view a php file directly in your browser. It is a server side scripting language that generates HTML on the fly and sends that off to the user's browser to display. In order to view php files locally, you must install some php software (which is free) from http://www.php.net/

You can use any text editor to make php files. It does not make a difference in the end, just what your preference is for creating them. They are just text files with a .php extension (like html are just text files with a .html extension).

[ November 05, 2003, 17:57: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Ragnarok · #2 November 5th, 2003, 08:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
You can not view a php file directly in your browser. It is a server side scripting language that generates HTML on the fly and sends that off to the user's browser to display. In order to view php files locally, you must install some php software (which is free) from http://www.php.net/

That is sort of what I was thinking was the problem. I have the software installed on our server here; so would I have to create my PHP file and save it on the server, perhaps in our webpage directory, and then access it via our webpage to test the code?

[ November 05, 2003, 18:09: Message edited by: Ragnarok ]

Fyron · #3 November 5th, 2003, 08:31 PM

Yes. But, you can also install php on your computer. Every computer is a "server", technically. Just a local server though (you need extra programs running to allow Users over the net to see files on your comp, thus making it an actual web server). This is why you can do stuff like view html files that are on your computer in IE and such.

Ragnarok · #4 November 5th, 2003, 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Yes. But, you can also install php on your computer. Every computer is a "server", technically. Just a local server though (you need extra programs running to allow Users over the net to see files on your comp, thus making it an actual web server). This is why you can do stuff like view html files that are on your computer in IE and such.

Ahhh ok, I'll download the files on install on my own PC to run from.

Thanks for the help, Fyron.

tesco samoa · #5 November 5th, 2003, 08:49 PM

ace html 5 free is one i use. or just some text editor....

Atrocities · #6 November 6th, 2003, 01:19 AM

Hell between all of you PHP people here, someone should be able to make one hell of a good web based game.

minipol · #7 November 6th, 2003, 02:04 AM

I use editpad lite on win and vim on Linux to edit my php files