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PHP Tutorial for Complete Beginners
Getting Started
- Download the PHP 5 Windows binaries (7.4 MB) - php-5.0.0-Win32.zip - from the php site.
- Download the PHP manual (4.6 MB) - php_manual_en.chm - from the php site.
- Download this tutorial including a simple Windows Development Environment.
- Extract all the archives into the same folder. For example ...
C:\php5\ on a standalone machine
P:\bin\php5\ on a read-only network share - this share should have a drive letter. - Edit PhpIde.ini and make sure the location of php.exe is correctly
specified. (Only one line needs to be modified.)
- Run PhpIde.exe and enter your first program (screen shot below).
- The F9 key runs your code. (You need to have edited PhpIde.ini correctly (above).
- The F1 key brings up the PHP manual (You need to have downloaded it to the right folder).
- The F2 key brings up the help file.
It is possible to run PHP command line applications on a Windows network without installing PHP 5 on every workstation. Just unzip php-5.0.0-Win32.zip in a shared network folder. We map our P: drive to the shared material on our network and these php files are in a read-only sub-directory. Create a shortcut to PhpIde.exe for the users. We placed this on our Intranet.