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Taking web design to the next extreme By Red Squirrel ![]() Php does not only allow you to do cool stuff such as a forum, but it makes every webmaster's life much easier when running a website. While PHP is very good, it does have a few downsides, such as the fact that it is not something that "just works" like html. Html is simple because it is the exact document that is on the server, all the server does is send you the exact document when you request it, but php is a scripting language with html and it needs to be executed before sent. This requires that PHP is installed on the server. If it is not installed, the client simply gets the code, and not what the code is suppose to do since there's nothing to execute it. Another down side is that creating large/complex scripts can be difficult without a test server or unlimited bandwidth plan since you can't test it by just opening it in your browser but have to upload it every change to see if everything is going ok. As skills get better, you will be able to create complex scripts without uploading as often. If you have two computers networked with a router, you can do a setup like mine. One of them can run as server, and also have a netbios share to the web server's directory, so you can open it on your main computer to edit and hit save, and then hit refresh on your browser which is opened to the page on the server. This makes it quick and easy to program, and makes it so you don't need to upload your files or anything. On the next page, I'll show you how to get hooked up with a server capable of serving php pages. Next Page ![]()
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