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M. SimonAn Introduction to PHP https://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0177-8_1

1. Introduction and Setting Up

Mark Simon1  
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Ivanhoe VIC, VIC, Australia
 

Before you get started with learning PHP, you will need to have a working development environment. Ultimately, PHP will be running from your web server, either on the Internet or on an intranet. However, for development (and training) purposes, it makes sense to set up a local web server. This can be any machine on your network, but it’s very easy to set up everything you need on your own desktop or laptop computer.

The good thing about web development is that it is culturally agnostic. It doesn’t matter whether ...

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