Web Programming-2(PHP)
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Web Programming-2(PHP) Chapter 02: Getting Ready to Work with PHP Task for You! Get Familiar with Telnet, HTTP, and Port Numbers 2 What You Need for a Local Test Environment A web server: this is a piece of software that displays webpages, not a separate computer. PHP MySQL and a web-based front end for MySQL called phpMyAdmin, which are required in order to work with a database Individual Programs or an All-in-one Package? You can download and install PHP, MySQL and Apache individually or you can use some package such as XAMPP, WAMP or MAMP that contains all the in one package. XAMPP XAMPP is a free and open source cross-platform web server package, consisting mainly of the Apache HTTP Server, MySQL database and interpreters for scripts written in the PHP and Perl programming languages. 5 XAMPP (Cont.) XAMPP's name is an acronym for: – X (meaning cross-platform) – Apache HTTP Server – MySQL – PHP – Perl 6 Download Links Xampp for Linux – http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html Xampp for Windows – http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html Xampp for Mac OS X – http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-macosx.html Xampp for Solaris – http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-solaris.html 7 Alternative Options WampServer EsayPHP UwAmp Server AMPPS MAMP For more information visit: https://merabheja.com/alternatives-of-xampp-server/ Installation Stop Skype or Disable: Use port 80 and 443 as alternatives for incoming connections in your skype. For latest installation visit: https://www.wikihow.com/Install-XAMPP-for-Windows 9 Installation 1 2 3 10 Installation 4 5 6 11 Now, fire up your favorite browser and in the address bar, enter http://localhost or http://127.0.0.1 and afterward select your language To continue. 12 Job Done! 13 Click on STATUS in the left column to confirm what’s running and what’s not. 14 Where to Locate Your PHP Files? You need to create your files in a location where the web server can process them. Normally, this means that the files should be in the server’s document root or in a subfolder of the document root. The default location of the document root for the XAMPP will be: C:\xampp\htdocs To view a PHP page, you need to load it in a browser using a URL. The URL for a page in web server’s document root in your local testing environment is: http://localhost/page_name.php Security Anyone that knows your IP address can easily breach your server and change details in such a way that prevents your accessing it yourself and delete any websites you may have created. But not to worry, we will rectify this, go to: http://localhost/security/xamppsecurity.php You will be redirected to a new page that will allow you to: setup a password for MySQL setup a username and password for your XAMPP directory. 16 What is MySQL? MySQL is a database server MySQL is ideal for both small and large applications MySQL supports standard SQL MySQL compiles on a number of platforms MySQL is free to download and use 17 Running and Stopping MySQL – On Windows 18 – On Linux change to /etc/rc.d/init.d/ directory – Mysql start 19 Basic operations 20 21 22 23 Questions ??? 24.