OT: PHP

[Ragnarok]

What are some good PHP sites to check out? I know just a little bit about PHP in general but I'm wanting to get to know more about it for possible projects that I may be working on for here at work. (shame on me, visiting this site while at work )

I may end up getting a couple PHP books but was wondering if there is anything Online that is a good place to start off from.

Thanks!

[ October 24, 2003, 16:43: Message edited by: Ragnarok ]

[Ruatha]

I looked mostly at other scripts and tried altering them to see what happened and then I wrote some of my own (Se PBW Emergency site) with help from Fyron, looking up the things I needed as I went along by searching Google for "PHP tutorial".

(Shame on me for replying while I'm at work )

[ October 24, 2003, 16:46: Message edited by: Ruatha ]

[tesco samoa]

php.net is the best site out there

then go to the following


http://www.phpbuilder.com/

http://codewalkers.com/

don't forget http://www.weberdev.com/

and

http://www.planet-source-code.com/

also for books check out www.books24x7.com ( yearly cost of 400 dollars for as many books as you want )

[Ragnarok]

Ok, cool. thanks for the links and tips. I will start looking at those sites you posted.

[Ragnarok]

So what's everyone use to edit their PHP pages with?

I've been trying to use Dreamweaver to type in my code manually and then just save it as a PHP file, which works just fine but some reason when I test in IE it opens the .php file I'm working on and displays all the code instead of showing what the results should be.

When I test in Mozilla it just opens to a blank page. The code is typed in correctly, and to make sure I wasn't messing it up I copied and pasted it from the tutorial I'm using and I get the same results.

So here's your chance to fill me in on the best way to edit PHP files and create them.

[Fyron]

You can not view a php file directly in your browser. It is a server side scripting language that generates HTML on the fly and sends that off to the user's browser to display. In order to view php files locally, you must install some php software (which is free) from http://www.php.net/

You can use any text editor to make php files. It does not make a difference in the end, just what your preference is for creating them. They are just text files with a .php extension (like html are just text files with a .html extension).

[ November 05, 2003, 17:57: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
You can not view a php file directly in your browser. It is a server side scripting language that generates HTML on the fly and sends that off to the user's browser to display. In order to view php files locally, you must install some php software (which is free) from http://www.php.net/

That is sort of what I was thinking was the problem. I have the software installed on our server here; so would I have to create my PHP file and save it on the server, perhaps in our webpage directory, and then access it via our webpage to test the code?

[ November 05, 2003, 18:09: Message edited by: Ragnarok ]

[Fyron]

Yes. But, you can also install php on your computer. Every computer is a "server", technically. Just a local server though (you need extra programs running to allow Users over the net to see files on your comp, thus making it an actual web server). This is why you can do stuff like view html files that are on your computer in IE and such.

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Yes. But, you can also install php on your computer. Every computer is a "server", technically. Just a local server though (you need extra programs running to allow Users over the net to see files on your comp, thus making it an actual web server). This is why you can do stuff like view html files that are on your computer in IE and such.

Ahhh ok, I'll download the files on install on my own PC to run from.

Thanks for the help, Fyron.

[tesco samoa]

ace html 5 free is one i use. or just some text editor....