need software

jvhs84

hey i was wondering what, if any, kind of of software do you use to build php scripts. I was wondering cause I have a book about "learning php in 24hrs" and i was just wondering cause it's getting me confused and my friend said this was the best place to ask questions about it so here i am. If any of you know oh a good program to help me out that'd be great, peace.

mithril

Brian,

PHP is an interpreted language. In a nutshell, that means it compiled at runtime by the PHP interpreter that has been configured into your webserver. It can also be run on the command line with the following syntax:

   php -q <source_file.php>

but the output is only displayed in the console window, unless you're running a PHP-GTK app. With PHP-GTK, the interpreter continues to run in the background, but window's are drawn by GTK and control is given to the GTK::main() loop.

You don't need to worry about compiling, just writing the source... thus the only software you'll need is your favourite text editor. Several text editor's, like EditPlus in Win32, offer PHP syntax highlighting which is very helpful. HTH.

Geoff A. Virgo

jordan

In simple, straightforward terms, Brian, you don't need a special program to write PHP apps -- your favorite text editor will do just fine. I recommend TextPad (www.textpad.com). If you're building web apps, though, you'll need a way to test your scripts -- first you need to download (from www.php.net, unless it came with your book) and install PHP and a web server. I'd recommend Apache, which you can get from httpd.apache.com.