Windows Install

[shadowlrd]

I recently went to www.php.net and downloaded the installer for PHP, after installing it (I am guessing correctly), I went to open a PHP web document that I had created earlier, I did not see anything, it was a simple echo and nothing....

[Anon]

maybe you should actually read the documentation that came with the installer.

read install.txt..

you are aware that you need a web server and you need to use that webserver each time you test a php script, aren't you? 🙂
ie. you type http://localhost/scriptYouJustCreated.php in your web browser

[mithril]

You can also test your scripts via command line with the floowing syntax:

php.exe [-q] <path to your script>

The -q switch is optional and used to suppress HTML header output.

Also, as a pre-emptive nip in the bud to the extensions questions that often seem to arise after people download the Win32 installer..... if you want to install additional PHP extensions (GD for example) you need to download the zip distribution. The installer does not come with any additional extensions. HTH.

Cheers,

Geoff A. Virgo