To use PHP you must either upload your site to a server that supports PHP or set up your own server. Unless you have a fast internet connection uploading your files for testing all the time will most likely not be a very good option for you. A good option is to have your own server on your local workstation. The best way to do this would be to use Windows 2000 or XP with Internet Information Services installed. You can then download the PHP engine and install it on your computer. This will allow you to test your pages quickly. However there are other ways of doing this such as the Apache sever.
PHP is an embedded language. This means that you can embed code within a HTML document. There are a few ways in which this can be done:
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Interesting post. I'm new to php and I was reading an article yesterday regarding testing servers as I was trying to set one up on my server and couldn't.
I don't suppose you'd post a link to where I can download a suitable php engine or as you mention Internet Information services, as I have no idea what these are and where to get them!
Thanks!
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