What Will I Learn?
- web server introduction
- installation and configuration of the web server
- installation and configuration of PHP
- testing web server and PHP
Requirements
- make sure your computer before installing another web server like (IIS) or (PWS), as it could cause a clash with the web server (Apache).
- download source (XAMPP) the latest stable version at http://apachefriends.org Choose the appropriate version of the operating system you are using
- make sure the computer that you use runs well with enough memory and hard drive capacity
Difficulty
The installation process (Apache, PHP, and MySQL), is very often an obstacle for beginners who are just learning programming and PHP.
- Basic
Tutorial Content
some web applications that unify Apache, PHP, and MySQL software are:
- XAMPP version of windows and LAMPP linux version, can be downloaded at link: http://apachefriends.org
- WAMP server
- APPserv
- PHPTriad
Tutorial
(XAMPP) installation process
- run the Installer file (XAMPP)
xampp-win32-x.x.x.installer.exe
- will be displayed Windows Installer (XAMPP), click next to start the installation process
- will show Windows installation destination location, Specify which folder destination (XAMPP) will be installed, click next to continue
- next will be displayed Windows option for easy access (XAMPP). click button install to continue
- the installation process starts
- the installation process is complete. click finish to close the installation process
- if the installation process runs smoothly, windows will appear confirmation
- we can set (XAMPP) by accessing the XAMPP control panel which can be accessed through the program files or icon menu in the taskbar
Test the installation (XAMPP) in the browser
- to make sure XAMPP, PHP, MySQL, and Apache are running smoothly, open the browser http://localhost
- select the language you want to use, will be displayed (XAMPP) main page
Note
The web server is a server that serves to receive web page requests via http or https from a client known as a web browser and sends back the results in the form of a document-shaped webpage html.
Server side scripting is a scripting technology or web programming where the program is compiled or translated on the server.
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