How To Install Php Locally?

Imtay22

Apr 13 2007, 10:02 PM

I downloaded PHP 5.2.1 win32 installer and apache. Now what? I tested apache, and it came up with a message saying- It works! So, now what? how do I get php scripts to run using the localhost? What i mean is, where do I save the files so I can view them? Please Help!!!

ghostrider

Apr 13 2007, 10:11 PM

Save the files in the www or public_html folder. Use http://127.0.0.1/ as your address for your computer.

Imtay22

Apr 13 2007, 10:16 PM

I am trying to install it on my computer, so i can test it before I upload it to the Trap. Where would I find those on my computer?

truefusion

Apr 13 2007, 10:58 PM

I'm guessing you just performed a typical Apache installation, meaning if you want your files to get "picked up" by the server, place them into your "htdocs" folder that is located in the Apache directory. Delete all files in there if you want, then just put all your site's files in there. To see if it shows your site, of course, go to http://localhost/ or http://127.0.0.1/. This is all said with the assumption that you have set up Apache to load up with PHP support.

shadowx

Apr 13 2007, 11:46 PM

I think Truefusion covered most of things, though remember that you need to have apache running to view your pages using the address TF posted above. To turn php on you will usually have either a "control panel" type program in your start menu or a program like "start php" or something like that.

jlhaslip

Apr 14 2007, 01:04 AM

Next thing will be to download and install a mysql Server from mysql.com. The easiest method to get up and running is to download and install all of these using XAMPP or WAMP.

XAMPP is a single-click package that loads PHP, Apache, mysql, phpadmin, an FTP Server, a Mail Server and a bunch of stuff. There is a Tutorial around here that explains some stuff about it. If you have any questions, keep asking here.

Imtay22

Apr 14 2007, 12:55 PM

Ok thanks guys I will try to get this working! I will post back here if I have any more problems..

hitmanblood

Apr 14 2007, 01:18 PM

Well it seems like no one answered your question here yet as it appears. You may place php where ever you want on your computer however you have to adjust then your apache configuration file so that it knows where to search for the other classes and so on. If you don't know how to do it I'll write here a short tutorial in the folder where you have installed your apache server you should find this file and open it in any text editor httpd.conf and then you should find this line AddType application/x-tar .tgz and after this line you should write this or post it:

CODE

ScriptAlias /php/ "c:/inet/php/"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php3
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php4
AddType application/x-httpd-php .htm
AddType application/x-httpd-php .html
AddType application/x-httpd-php .phtml
Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php.exe

Then save the file and voala you've got yourself configurated apache with php.

But I would like to point that the best thing to use is xampp it is freeware software which sets up on windows based platform apache then php mysql and several other thing like mail server and so on and it can be easily extended.

Good luck in programming.

Imtay22

Apr 14 2007, 01:46 PM

Can't find that line, but i found a simalar one-

CODE

#AddType application/x-gzip .tgz

Should I place that under that one?

@ Everyone else-
I put my php files there and now all it comes up as is this-

CODE

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type">
<title>Testing PHP include functions.</title>
</head>
<body>
<a href="?p=idx">Index</a> - <a href="?p=test">Test Page</a>
<?php
$page=$_GET['p'];
switch($page){

case 'idx':
include (".../includes/testphpinclude.html");
break;
case 'test':
echo 'Test!';
break;
</body>
</html>

That is the code I put in the php file. Still help? Oh yeah, when I installed php, It auto configed the Apache Server.

rvalkass

Apr 14 2007, 01:57 PM

If you are using Windows along with the latest version of Apache then you need to put your files into the following folder: C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs

As PHP has automatically detected and configured your Apache installation, no changes to the configuration files should be necessary. Make sure Apache is actually running before trying to load the files. You should have a system monitor on the taskbar next to the clock. It's a pink feather with a dot at the bottom. If the dot is red then Apache isn't running. You need to left click the feather, choose Apache 2.2 and then Start. The dot should turn green, signifying that Apache is up and running.

Also, to make sure PHP picks them up, make sure the files have the .php extension, and the starting and ending PHP tags. Your example above is missing the closing ?> PHP tag.

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Imtay22

Apr 15 2007, 12:25 AM

Okay thanks everyone I hope it works now! I have index.php in the htdocs folder, and the include file in htdocs/includes/testphpinclude.html. It still is not showing anything when I click on Index. Im going to upload it to the trap.

EDIT= When I uploaded to to the trap, it wored fine! Check it out here. That was weird..

truefusion

Apr 14 2007, 05:53 PM

QUOTE(Imtay22 @ Apr 14 2007, 01:12 PM)

[. . .] [1]could i just put no dots at all? [2]What should be in the include file?

[1]If you have no dots, then the folder "includes" with all of its files in it would have to be located in the DOCUMENTROOT folder (which is probably "htdocs", assuming the file you're testing is located in the same folder; or whatever DOCUMENTROOT is set in the Apache httpd.conf file). Two dots mean "up one folder"; one dot means "current folder". If you have no dots but the path starts with a slash (/), then that means it'll look in the root folder.
[2]Whatever you want.

Imtay22

Apr 14 2007, 05:12 PM

Ahhh ok or could i just put no dots at all? What should be in the include file? the text is-

QUOTE

Testing the php Include Function!

Thank you guys for your help!

matak

Apr 14 2007, 05:01 PM

i think you have one extra dot in your include code..

CODE

include (".../includes/testphpinclude.html");

should be

CODE

include ("../includes/testphpinclude.html");

Imtay22

Apr 14 2007, 04:15 PM

Ahh it works now it was truefusions find, I forgot to add This- }. Now I can't get the include() function to work. Weird.

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How To Install Php Locally? - Help?

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