Re: getting started - need pointers

Mike Kay wrote:
> Greetings. I am trying to get PHP installed and working on a Windows
> server - Windows Standard 2007. I've downloaded and installed PHP 5.2.9.
> Problem is I don't know how to use this at all. My web server is Apache
> 2.2 - my database is Mysql.
> 
> I selected the Apache module 2.2 during the install, and added support for
> Mysql in extensions.
> 
> How can make windows start PHP on boot?
> When I click on a .php file, the file opens rather than runs. Obviously
> I've missed something. There is a command phpinfo - to view the parameters
> of the PHP installed - I don't remember how to run this on the command
> line.
> 
> Any help MOST appreciated.
> Also, I'm seeking pointers to beginners documentation for Windows users.
> 
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> 

Lets go back to the very beginning - to use a webserver, you have to
view your PHP file in a webserver, not by double clicking on .php file

Installing the server may have been successful, but to view it you need
to open up a web browser and head to http://localhost

I repeat - double clicking on a .php file does nothing - you need to use
a browser to visit the webpages from your newly installed server.

There is also a PHP command line interface if you so desire.  To use
this, you need to go to start->run and type cmd.exe

Then you need to figure out exactly where PHP is installed - c:\program
files\php or wherever you put it.  cd to this location and then type

>php -v

to see what version you are running

>php -i

will give you the phpinfo() information

Thanks,
Elizabeth Smith

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