Easy PHP q's from newbie 1

[knuckle05]

Hi All,

I'm an expert ASP developer, and now am about to embark upon my first PHP project.

A few q's for you's:

1) Can I devleop under a WIndows environment and run these scripts from my IIS web server?

2) I've read the PHP tutorial at w3schools.com, anyone know of any other good resources

3) Are there any downloads needed and also, how do I get the MySQL db?

I'm hoping with this info I can be pointed in the right direction.

Thx!

 

[Chacalinc]

1. yes, you can do it.

2. take a look to:

http://php.resourceindex.com/

http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials/41/2.php

there are lots more.

3. just PHP for windows.
Visit

http://www.mysql.com

and download/install it.

Cheers.

 

[sleipnir214]

1a. Yes. Since PHP script code is just text, you can develop it on any platform. All you need is a text editor.

1b. Yes. Since PHP is platform agnostic, the PHP interpreter is available on many platforms, including IIS. PHP will have to be installed on the server, though -- the program is not shipped with IIS. PHP is available for download at PHP.net

2. The single best resource for information about PHP is the official PHP online manual.

3. MySQL is a separate product from PHP, although the two products work closely together. MySQL is available at the MySQL website. The site also has an online manual here, which includes installation instructions for Win32 here

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[tweenerz]

As far as I know, and correct me if I am wrong anybody, but I don't think you can run php on IIS. Even if you could, most people run it off Apache. You can download Apache free (that anti-windows word) from Apache.org. You are talking open source now, so everything is pretty much free and there is an abundance of tutorials and information. Apache, MySQL and PHP are all available online for download. Everything comes with readmes for help in installations.

 

[sleipnir214]

tweenerz:
Sure PHP runs with IIS. PHP.net even has binary installs of PHP for Win32 available here. Heck, PHP will even run as an IIS ISAPI extension.

The thing is that a lot of PHP's functionality is not available without the use of third-party libraries, some of which are not available in binary form on Win32, and some of which won't even compile on Win32.

Also, Apache on *nix is the development platform for the language. There is additional functionality you'll get running PHP as an Apache module that you can't get running PHP as an ISAPI extension under IIS.



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