Re: Running php locally ? - was : [PHP-INST] uninstall ??

Frédéric L. MIR wrote: > Thanks for such a quick reply ! This list does really works, or maybe > you're an angel ?) Glad to help. :) > > Zak Greant wrote: > > > > How did you install PHP? Did you use the Windows installer, or did you > > install it manually? > > I downloaded a file called php-4.0.3pl1-installer.exe (from > http://www.php.net/downloads.php) and executed it. Have you tried going to: Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs You may be able to do an uninstall from there. > > Also, there are many free servers that support PHP that run on Win9x > > machines, are free and are simple to install. Apache, Xitami, Personal Web > > Server, Roxen, and OmniHTTPD come to mind. Oops - I forgot that Roxen will not run on Win9x systems. > So, maybe I could actually run php files on my computer !? I don't really > want to "become a server", actually, I don't even know if my machine has > the proper hardware requirement for that. I connect to my server with a > standard modem, and I only connect now and then, because the line I use is > also our phone line. All I wanted to do, by downloading the > php-4.0.3pl1-installer.exe file, was to be able to test and run php files > locally, without having to upload them to my server beforehand. Do you > have any suggestions for me to achieve that ? (In the first place, do I > really have to install a server on my machine to do it ?) Well, you don't absolutely have to - you could run PHP from the command shell - however, any scripts that you ran would just output HTML. You would then have to save that and then open it in a web browser. Running a web server is a lot more convenient in the long run. You don't need any special hardware or connection to run a server for testing purposes. I would recommend that you download Apache for windows (http://httpd.apache.org/dist/binaries/win32/apache_1_3_14_win32_r2.exe), install it - make sure to carefully read their installation and setup instructions. Then try installing PHP again. Make sure to read all of the documentation carefully and you should be fine. There are some extra docs on installing PHP with Apache at http://www.mm4.de/php4win/print-article.php3?id=4&language=en Good Luck! Zak PS. Make sure to keep your message on the mailing list - that way everyone gets to benefit from the questions that you ask.