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Jack Franklin
Jack is 15 years old and lives happily in Cornwall, England. Web Design is his passion and he works using xHTML, CSS and PHP to code his websites, with the odd bit of Javascript now and then. In his spare time, Jack enjoys playing Football, rugby, tennis and snooker (but not all at the same time).

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Test PHP & MySQL locally

Ever wanted to use PHP & MySQL without paying for hosting?

f you want to test PHP scripts, you would require a web host which supports PHP and, probably, a MySQL database. This can be very restricting, as if you only want to try PHP, not use it regularly, you will not want to spend money on hosting. Or, if you are younger and not able to purchase any hosting, this is also problamatic.

Why would you want to install it on a localhost? Here are some reasons:

Creating your own Wordpress/Joomla/Etc theme.
Learning PHP/MySQL.
Creating your own PHP applications.
Testing programs, EG: Wordpress, Joomla.

Luckily, there are a couple of very useful applications that make it possible to install PHP on your localhost, WAMP and XAMMP. WAMP: http://www.wampserver.com/en/ XAMPP: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html Both of these programs will install PHP, MySQL and Apache on your localhost for you. After installed, you can navigate to http://localhost and you should see an information screen. You are now able to test PHP and MySQL locally without the irrating need to upload everytime you edit a file. Enjoy! Note: If you are having trouble installing WAMP, Lynda.com has a very good (and free) video tutorial on setting it up: http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=435

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