How do you start

[bongmarley]

I have just installed php mysql and apache from easyphp.org. Now I want to get started. Where do I save my code and how do I look at the webpages. I know this may be a dumb question but I am very new at php.

 

[sleipnir214]

Take a look at httpd.conf to see where Apache's looking to find your web documents. Look for the directive &quot;DocumentRoot&quot;, probably inside a pair of &quot;<VirtualHost>...</VirtualHost&quot; directives.

Put the script there, then reference it through a web page. Want the best answers? Ask the best questions:

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

TANSTAAFL!

 

[bongmarley]

What is httpd.conf?

 

[BigBadDave]

Its an ini file in your dir: /apache/conf/httpd.conf open it up with a text editor Regards
David Byng

http://www.byngdesigns.co.uk

davidbyng@hotmail.com

 

[bongmarley]

I can find my apache folder but there is no conf folder inside.

 

[sleipnir214]

If you are running some Unix-like operating system, issue &quot;find / -name httpd.conf&quot;. That will find the file for you. Want the best answers? Ask the best questions:

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TANSTAAFL!

 

[BigBadDave]

Well it is there, but if you can't find it, search for the file: 'httpd.conf' Regards
David Byng

http://www.byngdesigns.co.uk

davidbyng@hotmail.com

 

[jstreich]

typically, on Linux/unix all the pages are kept in

/var/www/http/

. To veiw your creations, type in your IP address into your web-browser. As for configuaration and all that, the conf files aren't as scary as they might seem at first.

 

[BigBadDave]

sleipnir214 - we keep posting together lol !! Regards
David Byng

http://www.byngdesigns.co.uk

davidbyng@hotmail.com

 

[bongmarley]

Are there any web sites I can go to that explain php downloads in detail. I cant seem to find what I am looking for so I may have to reinstall it

 

[bongmarley]

The installation is for a Mac OSX

 

[sleipnir214]

You have to have an httpd.conf somewhere on your system. Apache won't run without it. Want the best answers? Ask the best questions:

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

TANSTAAFL!

 

[bongmarley]

I found the file. I had erased some things so it was gone but now I reinstalled it and its there. Sorry guys

 

[bongmarley]

I found the document root which is &quot;C:/Program Files/EasyPHP/

http://www&quot;

now what do i do

 

[maverick]

first learn about the file system for the OS you are working with, then
get a php for dummies book and read it

I know this sounds mean but I mean it sincerly...

It helped me with VB6
&quot;Hacker by Heart&quot;
saenzcorp@hotpop.com

 

[sleipnir214]

bongmarley:

Start with a &quot;Hello, world&quot; program and work your way up. Walk through PHP online tutorials. Buy a (as [/b]Maverick[/b] said) &quot;For Dummies&quot; book on PHP or a &quot;Teach yourself PHP in X days&quot; book and get busy.

All you have to do is write a file in that directory and point to it with your browser. If everything is up and running correctly, the PHP engine will run the file.

Here's a simple test program to run. Create this as a file name &quot;phpinfo.php&quot;:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Then point your browser to

http://<yourserver>/phpinfo.php

You should get a long page describing all the configuration options used to compile PHP and other stuff. Want the best answers? Ask the best questions:

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

TANSTAAFL!

 

[jimoblak]

HUH?

bongmarley said The installation is for a Mac OSX...

Then bongmarley says I found the document root which is &quot;C:/Program Files/EasyPHP/

http://www&quot;

now what do i do

Can you come back with a little bit of sense? Are you running VirtualPC or have you been confusing everyone here for no reason?

 

[iSeriesCodePoet]

EasyPHP looks like a Windows only program.

http://easyphp.org/index.php3?lang=en

iSeriesCodePoet
IBM iSeries (AS/400) Programmer

 

[rvijay17]

I asked here because I felt his problem was very similar to mine and my basic instinct was to ask the same question here too.

I did not mean to hijack his thread but just wanted to help myself and bongmarley ( yes I know he is on Mac OSX ).

vijay.