OK.
I'm sorry if I've been sounding like an idiot.
But I've installed apache, I've installed PHP, I've tryed
http://localhost/[file] but nothing works.
It just keeps coming up with some website thingy.
Please help me I'm starting to give up.
"Gareth Church" <gechurch@bigpond.com.au> wrote in message
news:VuWNa.3435$oN.147036@newsfeeds.bigpond.com...[color=blue]
> "Chris Krasnichuk" <Krasnicuk@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:CkWNa.368370$3C2.10073926@news3.calgary.shaw. ca...[color=green]
> > Omg,
> > Can't anybody answer my question with detail?
> > I know people have told me to read the installation thingy but my php[/color]
> bible[color=green]
> > gave more information then people here.
> > So if anyone can please give me detail instructions[/color]
>
> I think you need to show people that you are trying. Have you actually[/color]
tried[color=blue]
> downloading PHP and reading the readme file? People are suggesting that[/color]
you[color=blue]
> do it because that is what the readme file is there for - it's written[/color]
once[color=blue]
> in a readme file so a newsgroup message doesn't have to be written
> explaining it everytime someone wants to install. If you have tried
> installing it and have read the readme, which part exactly is it you are
> having trouble with? Did you install Apache? Can you see plain HTML[/color]
websites[color=blue]
> properly? Did PHP seem to install properly? Did running phpinfo() work?
> Constantly asking the very general question "how do I get PHP to work?"
> makes it sound as though you are too lazy to use a search engine or read[/color]
the[color=blue]
> readme yourself, and people don't tend to go out of their way to exaplain
> things if someone is simply too lazy to do it themselves.
>
> I will give you a general overview to get you started. If you have[/color]
trouble,[color=blue]
> come back and state what it was you tried, and what exactly isn't working.
>
> The first step is to install a web server. This will let you see html[/color]
pages[color=blue]
> as if they were on the Internet (that is they have a URL like
>
http://something instead of C:\something). Apache is the obvious choice,[/color]
it[color=blue]
> is good and most importantly free.
>
> Once that is working you can view web pages by typing "http://localhost/".
>
> Now you need to install PHP so your scripts will work. This plugs into
> Apache. I suggest instead of installing these separatly you use a package
> like PHPDev. This is Apache, PHP and a few other things bundled together
> into an easy to use file for Windows users. You just download it, extract
> it, and you're pretty much done. You can get it from
www.firepages.com.au.
>
>
> None of what I have written here is new. I think you have been very unfair
> by suggesting no-one has tried to help you. The Apache readme provides all
> of this information, but you have shown no indication that you bothered to
> read it. The link
>
http://www.wowwebdesigns.com/power_g...trio_intro.php provided[/color]
by[color=blue]
> Tomislav goes right back to a basic level and explains everything really
> well, but again you don't seem to have bothered reading it. WAMP and
> PHPTriad also seem to do exaclty the same thing as PHPDev, but again you
> don't seem to have bothered trying them.
>
> It's incredibly rude to ignore what people have said and then blaming them
> for not trying to help them. If you don't change your attitude nobody is
> going to bother trying to help you (it's not like they get anything out of
> it - remember they are doing you a favour). If you do genuinely try some[/color]
of[color=blue]
> the things above or in other posts, and have trouble we will be more than
> glad to help you. If you ignore it and complain that everything hasn't[/color]
been[color=blue]
> nicely laid out on a platter for you then you can expect to be on[/color]
everyone's[color=blue]
> killfile in very quick order.
>
> Gareth
>
>[/color]
