Where do all of you...

Anon

Where do all of you do your PHP?

Anon

Most of the time sitting behind my computer 😉 .... what do you mean??

Anon

I mean, on a free website host? is there a compiler? on a domain name that you own with a host that you pay for? how can I try out my PHP without "spending money"?

Michiel wrote:

Most of the time sitting behind my computer 😉 .... what do you mean??

Anon

You need a host that supports PHP. Then just upload your file to the server and type in the address where you stored it.

Anon

Ok, I have been looking around for awhile, and I cannot find any hosts that work. Any suggestions? thanks.

Anon

On a domain name (AaronZoller.com) that I own with a host that I pay for... That's how I do my PHP.

Many hosts today support PHP, but that's something you'll have to ask your host about. Not sure what the free hosts are doing these days (besides selling your email addresses).

You can also download everything you need to run PHP at home and test it there.

The very nature of open-source is that you don't need to spend lots of money. In fact, I am downloading Linux Red Hat 7.3 right now at home (about 1.5 gigs) and it is all totally legal.

AaronZoller.com

Anon

Come to AaronZoller.com and look at the bottom of the page to see which host I use. I have been very pleased with their technical abilities and they are cheap as hell. I'm paying $10 a month to host my site and that includes around 20,000 gigs of transfers allowed and 350 megs of personal space, of which I use about 5 megs. The servers are awesome too (Linux w/ about 4 gigs of RAM).

If anyone finds a better host than the one I use, I will be very surprised.

AaronZoller.com

Anon

If you're looking for a free host that supports php simply for testing yoor code, I can recomend you www.portland.co.uk. They provide you free webspace and php support, but they are not very reliable. I started with this free service as well, but now I've switched to a paid hosting.

Hope this helps, Michiel

Anon

You said I could download everything to my computer to test out PHP. I do not have Linux, and honestly, don't really want to have it only because I share this computer with other people. Could I download for Windows (I have ME), to just test out my PHP right on my computer.

mithril

Yep, you sure can. Grab the latest PHP zip from www.php.net, Apache from www.apache.org, and MySQL from www.mysql.com. They all have Win32 versions which require no compiling. Read the manuals and dive in!!

-geoff

Anon

Try PHPTriad. Note that it´s not the newest versions though. Read more at http://www.phpgeek.com/phptriad.html and download it from http://sourceforge.net/projects/phptriad/