Reputation: 14011

How to work with PHP on Windows XP?

I want to do a sample program in PHP on Windows XP.

Do I need any special software to get this to work?

I am afraid that I simply open notepad type the PHP program and save it with php extension. Then I open it with the browser as a HTML file. But it does not work.

Please help

Thanks in advance

Upvotes: 0

Answers (9)

Priti

Reputation: 1

i would like to share that before starting PHP we have to set environment for that and then we can start working with PHP.

http://code.freefeast.info/php-tutorials/setting-up-the-environment-for-php-php-tutorial/

Upvotes: 0

coding Bott

Reputation: 4357

Some answers containing the hint for using wamp. You should better use the Zend Server Community Edition.

This is also free and can be downloaded here: http://www.zend.com/de/community/zend-server-ce

This contains Apache, Mysql, PHP and some Zend related Tools. Benefit: its much better preconfigured than wamp.

Upvotes: 1

Svish

Reputation: 158081

However you decide to install a webserver and php (or just php and use it in the console like someone mentioned):

Check out the PHP Manual, especially the Getting Started section.

Apache (Very, very easy)

Check out the WampServer getting started presentation.
Download and install WampServer.
And you are ready to go.

Microsoft (Not tested this myself)

Check out PHP on Windows.
Download and install the Microsoft Web Platform Installer.
Let me know how that work out... (never tried it myself, since WampServer is so easy)

Upvotes: 5

Nik_G

Reputation:

The simplest way - use www.microsoft.com/web platform installer. get the whole stack to run PHP all from one place.

Upvotes: 0

Paolo Bergantino

Reputation: 488444

You need to have a web server with PHP installed on your PC to make this work.

I highly recommend installing wampserver on your computer. It is a Windows installer that will put PHP, MySQL and Apache in your computer and let you manage all the services and such very easily. If you have problems getting it to work, you can also try out XAMPP, although I've never used it myself.

Upvotes: 5

0plus1

Reputation: 4555

I use XAMPP, works out of the box with his installer and is more than enough for a simple developer windows environment.

Upvotes: 0

PQW

Reputation: 1187

Since you have IIS on the windows cd I would suggest you go to control panel, install/uninstall programs and click on windows components and install IIS. Then install ASP.NET 3.5 from www.asp.net and finally install Phalanger from http://www.php-compiler.net/

That will give you the benefit of both worlds, you can program in ASP.NET using PHP as the language, you can use only PHP if you prefer that or you can mix using ASP.NET/C# on some pages and PHP on other pages within the same application.

Upvotes: 0