Re: Returning Newbie (Disoriented)

Hey, Sorry I cant answer all your questions but can answer one important one, I have tried foxserv and triad and quite a few others...finally what I settled down to was phpdev (do a search on google to see where to download.) its packed with features and I have never had a problem with it from the time I installed it. It installed pretty easy and the guy who makes it is real cool and will help you via the forum. Also options to run other things like PERL.... By default it installs a pretty decient and recient version of php, mysql and apache. HTH. Cheers, -Ryan On 1/12/2004 1:40:05 AM, Freedomware (david_blomstrom@yahoo.com) wrote: > I've been lurking on this list for quite some time. I did a little > homework, downloaded a preconfigured package (Apache, PHP and MySQL), > and was beginning to learn the ropes when I had a rather severe hard > drive crash, along with other computer and website problems. (Actually, > I had only installed Apache and was trying to get it to work.) > > I'm > now back up and running and would like to give it another shot. > I'd > like to ask a few questions. Some may be a bit redundant, but I want to > make sure I'm > starting out right. > > My operating system is Windows XP Pro, and > I've already begun using the > .php extension on my webpages in preparation for using PHP. (See > http://www.geobop.org/test/index.php ) > > Which PHP do you recommend I download - 3.0, 4.0 or 5.0? Your PHP > tutorial at http://www.php.net/tut.php offers a link to > preconfigured > packages (Apache, PHP and MySQL). I noticed that the package that got > the most votes by far is FoxServ (over 4,000 votes) - > http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/9942.html Therefore, > I'm > tentatively > choosing it, due to its popularity. > > According to their website, at > http://www.foxserv.net/portal.php, > "FoxServ is an Apache / mySQL / PHP installer package fo