I want to test my PHP code before putting it up on the server. It’s a shared hosting account so I don’t want to adversely affect the other webs on it.
I have Vista on my laptop and I just want to try some code locally before I upload.
I could set up a dedicated L.A.M.P. machine, but I wanted to stay portable.
Any suggestions?
How Hard Is It To Install Php On My Laptop?
February 27th, 2010 by CTO WebOjO.com website designers Lahore Pakistan Leave a reply »
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First, avoid the bundles like WAMP and XAMP. You’ll want to learn to configure PHP and any associated server software by hand if possible. Or at least, download the MSI installers.
In addition to PHP, you’ll want Apache if you’re testing web pages, and MySQL if you’re doing anything at all dynamic that needs to store data. Also, you’ll want to try and download versions that match the shared host as closely as possible… though that may be difficult if your host is still on PHP 4.x as that’s not available in a complied form anymore. My recommended install sequence…
1) http://httpd.apache.org/
2) http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.0…
3) http://www.php.net/downloads.php
Depending on what type of development you’re doing, you might also want to look at ActiveState Komodo Edit… it’s free, and one of the best editors for PHP (and Python, and SQL, and XML, and on and on) that I’ve seen out there…http://www.activestate.com/Products/komo…
PHP has to run on a web server. It is a server-side language. You could set your laptop up as LAMP system. Maybe as a dual-boot?
Download the windows binaries from their web site:http://www.php.net/downloads.php
and follow the directions on how to configure it.
I had it up and running on my test server in about 10 minutes.
You can see .php files with Mozilla FireFox (internet browser) . Go to where the file is and click on open with > Mozilla FireFox .
http://www.wampserver.com , easy to install, mysql, apache, php together. Good luck!