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PHP Installation
A quick overview of the PHP
installation process.
If you don't have PHP installed on your
computer, here are your best options:
Download and install PHP
Find a hosting provider that
supports PHP (most hosting
providers do)
You may already have a PHP hosting
provider. If this is the case, all you need
to do is upload your PHP files the same
way you would upload any HTML file. If
you don't have a hosting provider, check
out this web hosting tutorial for an
overview of web hosting.
Downloading PHP
Even if you have a PHP hosting provider,
I recommend that you install PHP on
your own local environment anyway.
That way, you'll become more familiar
with PHP, plus, you should always have a
development environment that is
separate to your production
environment.
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You can download PHP from the PHP
website here:
http://www.php.net/downloads.php
To assist with the installation, you can
view the PHP documentation here:
http://www.php.net/docs.php (Just
select your preferred language).
Or, you can jump straight to the English
version of the installation notes here:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.php
Installing a Web Server
If your machine doesn't have a web
server installed, you will need to install
one before you install PHP. There are
many different web servers available to
choose from, so you need to choose
which one you prefer. Two of the more
popular web servers are:
Apache
Internet Information Services (IIS)
If you're using Windows, it's possible
your machine already has IIS installed.
You can check to see if you have a web
server installed by looking under
"Administration Tools" for "Internet
Information Services". You can usually
find IIS at either Start > Program Files >
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Administration Tools or Start > Control
Panel > Administration Tools.
If it's not installed, you may find that you
can add IIS as an optional Windows
component. To do this:
Go to Start > Control Panel > Add
or Remove Programs > Add/Remove
Windows Components)
If you see the option "Internet
Information Services (IIS), select it
(if it's already selected it's already
installed).
Click Next
This should install IIS for you. Once
you've installed IIS, open a browser and
type http://localhost. This should
display the default IIS homepage. You
can change this by replacing the files in
the default directory (or changing the
default directory location). The default
directory is normally at
C:\Inetpub\wwwroot. This is where you can
place your .php files.
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