[RESOLVED]what tools are required to run php program

Hi All,

I want to know what tools r required to install in pc to run php program?
is there any spl. editor to write php program?
which server i need to install.

you don't really need anything installed to run php. you can run it standalone if you just plan to do system stuff and don't plan to serve pages to anyone -- although, i highly doubt you'd do php to do that. so, basically, you just need a web server to serve the pages. you can use just about any web server. i recommend apache httpd.

you don't need any type of editor for php. a php file is just a text file. you can use notepad or wordpad to edit it if you like -- that's what i use. a lot of people like editors that have syntax highlighting and things like that, though.

Any web server that supports CGI/FastCGI or SAPI.

PHP (like many *nix-based programs) doesn't need to be installed per se; all you have to do is copy the files. If you're using Windows, I recommend the zip distribution.

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Originally Posted by kows

you don't really need anything installed to run php. you can run it standalone if you just plan to do system stuff and don't plan to serve pages to anyone -- although, i highly doubt you'd do php to do that. so, basically, you just need a web server to serve the pages. you can use just about any web server. i recommend apache httpd.

you don't need any type of editor for php. a php file is just a text file. you can use notepad or wordpad to edit it if you like -- that's what i use. a lot of people like editors that have syntax highlighting and things like that, though.

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Thank you very much :)

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Originally Posted by penagate

Any web server that supports CGI/FastCGI or SAPI.

PHP (like many *nix-based programs) doesn't need to be installed per se; all you have to do is copy the files. If you're using Windows, I recommend the zip distribution.

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Thanks for d reply :)

if you google for install php <insert OS here> you can probably get a nice walk through for everything.