Re: [chiPHPug-discuss] Total newbie here

[Jason R. <ja...@ho...>]

Andy gave a good overview, I would add that if you are looking to learn 
PHP and either eventually want to be able to do it professionally or 
want to host what you build on normal commecial web hosting sites I 
would suggest learning PHP in a linux environment. There are differences 
at times.

Along those lines I would really suggest installing virtualbox:

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

And then just download an already "installed" linux VM image:

http://virtualbox.wordpress.com/images/

My suggestion would be Ubuntu or Debian as they have the largest 
communities in dev forums and should be easy to get help with.




Andy Carlson wrote:
> If you're running Windows, the best, most lightweight implementation I've
> found is AppServ (http://www.appservnetwork.com/).  It has PHP, MySQL and
> Apache.  They have versions with PHP 4, 5, and 6 so you can choose what you
> want to use.
> 
> If you're on OS X, MAMP is hand's down, my pick.  Works perfect and is a
> breeze to setup.
> 
> On Linux, it's DIY all the way.  What I've done for development is use
> VirutalBox and set up a virtual machine using Trustix (you can download the
> ISO from http://rpmfind.net/linux/trustix/current/iso/).  The main reason I
> have chosen this one for my use is that it's RedHat in flavor and super easy
> to install.  You do have to do some minor tweaking with the
> /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and /etc/httpd/conf.d/httpd-php4.conf files.  I'd
> also recommend installing the Webmin RPM.  This will make the administration
> of your development server even easier (especially with startup
> configuration and MySQL authentication setup.  This will also work with
> VirtualBox or Virtual PC on Windows.
> 
> Just some thoughts.  Good luck,
> 
> Andy Carlson
> ---------------------------------------------------
> "Man's conquest of Nature turns out, in the moment of its consummation, to
> be Nature's conquest of Man." -- C.S. Lewis
> 
> 
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 8:35 AM, John Smith <js...@co...> wrote:
> 
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Im looking for some help setting up Php at home. I just finished taking the
>> Php class in school. We were using Zend Studio with an i5.  Class is over
>> so
>> Zend won't work anymore, no i5 access. I picked up the Sam's teach yourself
>> Php book with starter kit cd. It has the Php, MySQL and Apache. Apache
>> installed no probs on an XP box. Already had MySQL installed. Followed  the
>> instructions to load Php - no go. Can anyone recommend a tutorial to load
>> this? Can Zend Studio for iseries work with Apache local? Or would Eclipse
>> be better than the Php that came with the book? Thanks ahead of time.
>>
>> John
>>
>>
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