PHP - Get Started

Today, we shall get started with PHP and shall create a localhost web server for testing purpose.A localhost web server works like a live website.Today, We'll learn about a software which enables us to create a localhost on our computer.To work with PHP, we'll have a localhost to test the PHP Scripts so, Lets start

How to Create a localhost on Windows PC?
Here is a software which allows you to make your own local website which works like a live site.It contains on PHP,MySQL and Apache.It means that you can test your web apps on your local pc without uploading them on your live site.The name of that software is XAMPP for Windows.
What is Xampp?
Xampp is a Windows Software which converts your PC into a local website with Apache and PHP.User can develop and test his web apps (Written in PHP or Perl) on his own pc without having a live site.You can download Xampp from its official site.

Download Xampp for Windows

How to Install Xampp?
After downloading the Xampp for Windows, just double click the setup and select the Features you want to install and click next.After successful installation, open the xampp control panel from your Desktop or Start Menu and Start the Apache Service.When you see the green bar with running text beside the Apache Service, click on Exit and open your web browser, there write http://localhost/ in the address bar and click GO.You'll see your Xampp Welcome page.
Your document root will be like this: C:\xampp\htdocs
all your PHP files will stored in that folder so that, we can access them from browser.

Now Everything is done and Now we need a Programming IDE (PHP Editor) so that, it will be very easy to develop your php scripts.

Here, we'll use PHP Designer 8 as IDE which can be downloaded from the link bellow.
Simply download the app and install it.
Download PHP Designer

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