Alex, I know of a great FREE web server program you can try, known as XAMPP, and you can download it at http://www.apachefriends.org/en (the main page is in German, hence the "/en" at the end of the URL). XAMPP is a bundled program consisting of Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl, and Open SSL, and some other useful related tools as well. And I know for a fact that it will run on Windows XP, because I've got it on my wife's computer, and she has Windows XP.
In addition, for anyone else who's interested in this program but has something other than Windows (like me -- last winter, I had enough of WinDOH!s screw-ups and dumped WinDOH!s for Mandrake Linux and haven't looked back since), XAMPP also comes in Linux and Macintosh versions. Be aware, though, that the Mac version is only in beta right now, so I'd give it a little while until they do an official Mac release if you're on a Mac. And yes, I do have LAMPP (the Linux version of XAMPP) on my Mandrake box, too -- I very HIGHLY recommend XAMPP. Also, if you're looking for a good free PHP editor for Windows, I recommend Crimson Editor, which does syntax highlighting for over 100 programming languages (including stuff like HTML, JavaScript, CSS, PHP, and Java, just to name a few that I know for a fact it highlights from personal experience), not to mention, it's a great little Notepad replacement, too. Not only that, but the file for it is small enough to even be stored on a floppy disk, so if you're on dialup (like me -- yeah, I'm a cheapskate), Crimson Editor won't take long at all to download (on the other hand, XAMPP is a pretty big program and so it might take 2 or 3 hours to download if you're on dialup). However, Crimson Editor is only available for Windows, while Mac and Linux both have several other great editors to choose from. Like I said, I've used both of these quite a bit, and I can vouch for the quality of both XAMPP and Crimson Editor -- and they're both free, no less! Good luck! Hope this helps, Fred in Lexington, KY --- In [email protected], "bidskii" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello every1 > > im very brand new to php and i was wondering if there was any special > software i would need to be able to test out my php pages. > > i am running windows xp and was told that xp does not support PWS > (personal web server). does anyone know of anything that might help me. > > thanks in advance. > Alex Community email addresses: Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shortcut URL to this page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-list Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
