August 2014
Beginner
256 pages
6h 48m
English
CHAPTER 1
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Setting Up a PHP Development Environment
Getting a working development environment put together can be intimidating, especially for the absolute beginner. To follow along with the project in this book, you’ll need to have access to a working installation of Apache, PHP, and MySQL, preferably on your local machine. It’s always desirable to test locally, both for speed and security. Doing this both shelters your work-in-progress from the open Internet and decreases the amount of time spent uploading files to an FTP server and waiting for pages to reload.
Why You Need Apache, MySQL, and PHP
PHP is a powerful scripting language that can ...