PHP Beginner

JiBX · Guest

Hi,
I gues I'm clueless.
There is no book available for reference !
I need a lot of help here .....and probably it's a stupid question! Hope you guys don't mind.

1)What is PHP sourse code/windows distribution (from www.php.net) ? Is it like a visual program/compiler ?
I tried to set it up but it's very complicated and the instruction is hard to understand !!

2) Can I use note pad to edit this script ?
But how to avoid .txt extention ? Where do I put this .php3 file ? in cgi-bin ?

Enough for now. I really want to learn but none of the people I know seems to know PHP !
Thanks a lot.

scollo · Guest

1. I've never used PHP on Windows (I use PHP on Linux).

2. You should be able to use Notepad, though. When saving a new script, just use Save As... to give it an extension other than .txt. Then to reopen it, you can open Notepad and us File - Open.

You can download the PHP documentation from http://www.php.net. Also, check out:
http://www.devshed.com
http://php.codebase.org/
http://www.wernhart.priv.at/php/

Adrian · Guest

Hi,
There are 3 versions of PHP: 1) The precompiled Linux version, 2) The source for Linux so others can get it and compile it themselves, and 3) The windows binary version. PHP is a hypertext preprocessor similar to ASP, Cold Fusion, and PERL (if you write it that way). If you follow the instructions step by step you should be able to get it going. You can use Notepad, you need to Save As... *(all file types) with the php extention.

Dusty · Guest

when saving a file with notepad, you can surround your filename in quotes to get any extension you want.
so saving as
"index.php3"
include the quotes, will save the file as index.php3

Boaz Yahav · Guest

Dusty wrote:
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when saving a file with notepad, you can surround your filename in quotes to get any extension you want.
so saving as
"index.php3"
include the quotes, will save the file as index.php3