How to make a PHP site...

andrewjones

1st of all hello to everybody.
See I am a completely novice to php..Yeah I am good at Photoshop and illustrator . See friends I now want to make my own php site . I have html template also. But I don't know how to make a php site. What should be the configuration of my public_html directory ..........
What scripts I have to import to install a admin panel so that I add every thing through it. ( as in wordpress blogs ).
Do I have to install PHP 5.2.5 + Apache + Mysql on my personal pc also from where I shall edit site in future.. ( May be most of you laugh but I really have no idea guys. )

Yeah I have some PHP Scripts but I really don't know what should be the configuration in my server directory..( whose permissions I shall change and how to use my html template ).
Please help :idea: Friends.. I need to know urgently !!!!!!!!!

rulian

Unfortunately, PHP is not plug and play.
So there arent really any scripts you can just "add" to create a content management system like wordpress, (but you just gave me a good idea)

installing wordpress or something similar might be a good task for a beginner. Understand that PHP and MySQL are complete independent thing and each will take time and lots of trial and error to become proficient.

Get started with some PHP tutorials, you'll come to know and love www.php.net and these forums, as well as www.w3schools.com and other sites.

ragedigital

The easiest thing to do is get a web host that has it installed already.

Then you only have to worry about programming... less headaches and they're cheap!

laserlight

ragedigital wrote:
The easiest thing to do is get a web host that has it installed already.

Then you only have to worry about programming... less headaches and they're cheap!

But not as free (or as quick when it comes to feedback from the PHP interpreter) as learning with a web server and PHP installed on your local computer, unless they are free hosts, which are a headache to find and may not last long anyway.

rulian

I agree with laserlight, understanding how the whole process works will help you better understand what php and mysql do and how it all relates together.
Plus, then you can start playing (after a while) with all sorts of performance, maintance and apache hacks, and above all.... security issues!!! or as I like to call it, 90% of programming headaches, trying to compensate for what people may do intentionally or unintentionally

rulian

I like what my one development book said
"Users are a terrible thing."