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