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Jun 8th, 2009

Hello everyone,
I'm new to PHP and having a very basic problem of instaling the web server correctly.
Now,I tried to run PHP 5.2.9 ,
The instalation program asked me to choose a web server and for not having much understanding in this I chose apache 2.

The problem was that the instalation didn't found some ini DLL and said I have to adjust the web server manualy(I'm not sure whether I even had it instaled or not).
When I try to run PHP it also says it can't find some OCL DLL.
I used the instalation pack from the following site:
http://www.php.net/downloads.php

is it any good?
does it include the web server or I have to install it separatley(and what web server would be good for me?)?

And also,can anyone please direct me to a simple php instalation that will allow me to run php pages so I can follow the tutorial and progress in php programing(some "PHP instalation for begginer dummies" would be great)?

For technical data:
I work on Windows XP,the computer is celeron 633MHZ.

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Re: Basic question

Jun 8th, 2009

For a quick all-in-one installation, I'd recommend WampServer or XAMPP.

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Re: Basic question

Jun 8th, 2009

either download wamp or xampp
they come backed with everything

or you have to install it one by one
apache
pear
php
mysql
and all those good things one by one

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Re: Basic question

Jun 8th, 2009

I'll second that (sorry, third that) - XAMPP is my dl of choice. As an extra 'goodie', download the community version of SQLyog from webyog to give MySQL a nice GUI (easier than phpMyAdmin).

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Jun 8th, 2009

Thank you everyone!

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Jun 8th, 2009

As an alternative to that (albeit, a rather radical one), you could try setting up a Linux system!

Ubuntu is good.

Setting up Apache with PHP on Ubuntu is as simple as opening up a terminal and typing:
$ sudo apt-get install apache2 php5
There is also a GUI package manager that you could use instead, if your not into using a terminal

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Jun 9th, 2009

How I can post variable vaue to update.php page
In Form.php

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<form action="update.php" method="post">
<input type="text" name="siteid" value="<?= $b ?>" />
<input type="submit" name="subjoin" value="Update">
</form>
<form action="update.php" method="post">
<input type="text" name="siteid" value="<?= $b ?>" />
<input type="submit" name="subjoin" value="Update">
</form>

in update page how I show the value of site id. I am using post method. but field value is variable($b) so how I can I post the value to next page?
In update.php

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$c = $_post["$b"]; 
echo $c; //its not working.
$c = $_post["$b"]; 
echo $c; //its not working.

Thanks in advance

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Re: Basic question

Jun 9th, 2009

Start your own thread - don't hijack somebody else's.

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Re: Basic question

Jun 9th, 2009

just install wamp server.

its a combination of apache,mysql,php.
very easy to install.

have fun.

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Re: Basic question

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Jun 12th, 2009

Hey everyone,I instaled XAMPP as you adviced me,
and tried to create a page with the following text:

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<html>
<body>
 
<?php
echo "Hello World";
?>
 
</body>
</html>
<html>
<body>

<?php
echo "Hello World";
?>

</body>
</html>

I saved the file with the ending .php but it seems it doesn't work,
when I try to open it with Firefox it just gives me a blank page,
when I try to open it with Internet explorer it downloads the file as if it was from the internet and then ironically opens it with Firefox
and I have a blank page again..
So how do I activate the php script I wrote(sorry for the idiotic question,but I'm not sure what I suppose to do)?