Is there any way to look at the results of my php coding without
installing a web server like Apache or uploading my work to my host? I'm
currently doing the latter with some exercises, and it's very time
consuming.

Thanks in advance

Wings

Wyngs wrote:
> Is there any way to look at the results of my php coding without
> installing a web server like Apache or uploading my work to my host? I'm
> currently doing the latter with some exercises, and it's very time
> consuming.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Wings
>

Nope. If you're doing web pages, you need a webserver. But it's not
hard at all to install. Google for WAMP or XAMP - both are easy
installations of Apache, MySQL and PHP on Windows.

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Jerry Stuckle wrote:

> Wyngs wrote:
> > Is there any way to look at the results of my php coding without
> > installing a web server like Apache or uploading my work to my host? I'm
> > currently doing the latter with some exercises, and it's very time
> > consuming.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Wings
> >
>
> Nope. If you're doing web pages, you need a webserver. But it's not
> hard at all to install. Google for WAMP or XAMP - both are easy
> installations of Apache, MySQL and PHP on Windows.
>
>
Roger that. I served up my web site for a couple of years with XAMP. I
was hoping I could avoid reinstalling it, however.

Thanks much.

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:57:03 -0800, in alt.php Wyngs
<glenn61@earthlink.net>
<13jndbvd6rqla49@corp.supernews.com> wrote:

>| Is there any way to look at the results of my php coding without
>| installing a web server like Apache or uploading my work to my host? I'm
>| currently doing the latter with some exercises, and it's very time
>| consuming.
>|
>| Thanks in advance

PHP needs a server to run on.
You can google for wamp or xamp.
If you are using Windows and don't want a permanently installed
web-server then you could try out:
http://www.chsoftware.net/en/useware/wos/wos.htm

I've installed WOS on my USB hard drive and take the drive along to my
clients sites. This way I don't need to worry if the client's machine
has a web server or PHP installed. Plus no more lugging around the
laptop computer and worrying about battery life, any files that I
need, I just copy to my USB drive.
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Wyngs wrote:
> Is there any way to look at the results of my php coding without
> installing a web server like Apache or uploading my work to my host? I'm
> currently doing the latter with some exercises, and it's very time
> consuming.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Wings

You can run PHP from the command line, though it's kinda awkward sending
POST and GET variables. Just execute php.exe (or /usr/bin/php) [filename.php]

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On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:51:04 -0800, Wyngs wrote...
>
>Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>
>> Wyngs wrote:
>> > Is there any way to look at the results of my php coding without
>> > installing a web server like Apache or uploading my work to my host? I'm
>> > currently doing the latter with some exercises, and it's very time
>> > consuming.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance
>> >
>> > Wings
>> >
>>
>> Nope. If you're doing web pages, you need a webserver. But it's not
>> hard at all to install. Google for WAMP or XAMP - both are easy
>> installations of Apache, MySQL and PHP on Windows.
>>
>>
>Roger that. I served up my web site for a couple of years with XAMP. I
>was hoping I could avoid reinstalling it, however.
>
>Thanks much.
>


What's nice is there are packages for a Windows or a Linux/Unix environment that
really simplify the setup for Web and MySQL. Instead of having to download and
install PHP, Apache, and MySQL from source code, you can download and install
one of those packages in no time.

Tom
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Wyngs:

> Is there any way to look at the results of my php coding without
> installing a web server like Apache or uploading my work to my host? I'm
> currently doing the latter with some exercises, and it's very time
> consuming.

Yes, there are php editors that have a built-in php server/emulation mode.
Floor

Jerry Stuckle:

> Nope. If you're doing web pages, you need a webserver.

nonsense...
Floor

Wyngs:

>> Nope. If you're doing web pages, you need a webserver.

He didn't ask for that; he was looking for a way of checking his php code
without using a webserver.
And that is possible. Pls read carefully before answering...
Floor

Jeff North:

> PHP needs a server to run on.

PHP needs at least an emulated server to run on. There are php-editor that
provide such as well.
Floor

Floor wrote:
> Wyngs:
>
>>> Nope. If you're doing web pages, you need a webserver.
>
> He didn't ask for that; he was looking for a way of checking his php code
> without using a webserver.
> And that is possible. Pls read carefully before answering...
> Floor
>
>
>

And lets see you test sessions, $_GET or $_POST handling or a lot of
other stuff without a webserver.

You need to understand what he's asking.

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Floor wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle:
>
>> Nope. If you're doing web pages, you need a webserver.
>
> nonsense...
> Floor
>
>
>

And you're full of it.

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