PHP Installation
PHP Installation
To work with PHP, you need to get the following.
- Find a web host with PHP and MySQL support
- Install a web server on your own PC, and then install PHP and MySQL
Set Up PHP on Your Own PC
However, if your server does not support PHP, you must, visit the The official PHP website (PHP.net) has installation instructions for PHP: http://php.net/manual/en/install.php. In order to develop and run PHP Web pages three vital components need to be installed on your computer system.
- Web Server − PHP will work with virtually all Web Server software, including Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS) but then most often used is freely available Apache Server. Download Apache for free here − https://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi
- Database − PHP will work with virtually all database software, including Oracle and Sybase but most commonly used is freely available MySQL database. Download MySQL for free here − https://www.mysql.com/downloads/
- PHP Parser − In order to process PHP script instructions a parser must be installed to generate HTML output that can be sent to the Web Browser. This tutorial will guide you how to install PHP parser on your computer
Install PHP
To install PHP, we will suggest you to install AMP (Apache, MySQL, PHP) software stack. It is available for all operating systems. There are many AMP options available in the market that are given below:
- WAMP for Windows
- LAMP for Linux
- MAMP for Mac
- SAMP for Solaris
- FAMP for FreeBSD
- XAMPP (Cross, Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl) for Cross Platform: It includes some other components too such as FileZilla, OpenSSL, Webalizer, Mercury Mail, etc.
