I'm now back up and running and would like to give it another shot. I'd like to ask a few questions. Some may be a bit redundant, but I want to make sure I'm starting out right.
My operating system is Windows XP Pro, and I've already begun using the .php extension on my webpages in preparation for using PHP. (See http://www.geobop.org/test/index.php )
Which PHP do you recommend I download - 3.0, 4.0 or 5.0? Your PHP tutorial at http://www.php.net/tut.php offers a link to preconfigured packages (Apache, PHP and MySQL). I noticed that the package that got the most votes by far is FoxServ (over 4,000 votes) - http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/9942.html Therefore, I'm tentatively choosing it, due to its popularity.
According to their website, at http://www.foxserv.net/portal.php, "FoxServ is an Apache / mySQL / PHP installer package for Windows. Unlike NuShpere or PHPTriad, FoxServ features the latest version of all included pacakges, user defined configuration during installation, PHP as a module, PEAR, and the Zend Optimizer" Thus, I assume this downloads PHP 5.0.
I'm also browsing an article about PHP4 Installation at http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/00/44/index4a_page7.html, which says, "Usually Windows users use the CGI version of PHP . . ."
So I'll probably be downloading a preconfigured package from FoxServ and setting up a CGI version of PHP. Does that sound OK?
Another question: I think I have a Microsoft IIS server (included with Windows XP Pro). If so, will I have to disable or uninstall it before I install an Apache server?
Also, I hope to eventually get an Apple/Mac computer and a Linux hard drive (on either my PC or Apple). If I install Apache/PHP/MySQL on an Apple, will I be in familiar territory, or is it quite different from using PHP with Windows? Would I be able to work on my website with FrontPage on a PC and publish some PHP pages to the web, then add some functions with Dreamweaver on a Mac and republish them to the web, or would the two PHP programs (Windows and Apple) have a conflict?
Here's one last question that's a bit of an aside: When I work on a webpage with a .php extension in FrontPage, it only opens the page in Notepad, and I can't preview it in Internet Explorer (though I can view it in IE once it's online). Do you have any idea how to fix it?
Thanks!
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