Welcome to
php world.
PHP is a powerful server-side scripting language for creating dynamic and interactive websites.
PHP is the widely-used, free, and efficient alternative to competitors such as Microsoft's ASP. PHP is perfectly suited for Web development and can be embedded directly into the HTML code.
The PHP syntax is very similar to Perl and C. PHP is often used together with Apache (web server) on various operating systems. It also supports ISAPI and can be used with Microsoft's IIS on Windows
If your server supports PHP you don't need to do anything. Just create some .php files in your web directory, and the server will parse them for you. Because it is free, most web hosts offer PHP support.
However, if your server does not support PHP, you must install PHP.
Download PHP for free here:
http://www.php.net/downloads.phpDownload MySQL for free here:
http://www.mysql.com/downloads/index.htmlDownload Apache Server
Download Apache for free here:
http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi
REMEMBER YOU NEED TO INSTALL APACHE AND MYSQL BEFORE INSTALLING PHP
See you next time for Part II
Talley J Ouro
Developer