[foxhound]

ok hope this is in the right forum but its mainly about PHP. I'm on a vacation job here and received the assignment to create a form wich links to a database (mysql database) in php. i've created a little local database and have started creating some test pages in php (never even seen the language before so you can guess this isnt quite easy for me. I received a big fat book on php and will need to manage with that.

Now my problem is : I dont know how to host the files localy, i was told to use apache but its quite vague on how you actually start hosting files and then look at them.
could anyone give me more explanation on what i need to do to host the files and be able to look at them(all localy on the same computer).

thanks in advance

Foxhound.

[TheHeadFL]

What operating system is this on?

Apache is just a web server software that supports PHP. After you install it, you would have a directory somewhere on your machine called 'htdocs' probably, where you put your php files. Then you would go to http://localhost/myphpfile.php to view them. Apache may have to be configured to recognize php files, depending on your setup and version, etc etc.

I would actually reccommend that you get a cheap little shared hosting plan and website for like $30 a year or whatever they cost, and do your development on there. That way all the hard configuration stuff is all taken care of for you.