What is the best tool to assist in php programming?
October 11th, 2009 | 
Author: Ok, so I’m a web designer and I really want to be able to code some back-end stuff. I have played around with wordpress and I like it but I’d really like to do some stuff that doesn’t need an entire blog management tool. Is there any software or tools that allows a non-experience programmer to build back end functions with relative ease? Like user authentification, user management, creating a very simple news/blog system, ability to upload content etc?
If not, please recommend the place to start learning PHP. Thanks!
Not sure if this is the perfect answer for you, but if you’re looking for a way to do PHP locally without needing to use your server, you can download something like XAMPP (just do a quick search for it). That will allow you to setup a local server on your PC including Apache, PHP, and MySQL. Then, you can get something like RapidPHP (www.rapidphp.com I think or else just search for it) which allows you to code PHP and test it out on your site, if you have XAMPP running the background with PHP turned on.
With those two things, you’ll have a nice little PHP development environment right there on your PC where you can test things out to your heart’s content. I’m sure there are other solutions but that’s what I’ve used.
Hope that helps.
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Well a really good place to start learning the PHP basics, is the place where I started off.
http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp
It’s a nice step-by-step course for the beginner and it has a reference for the more experienced PHP coder.
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Download yourself one of the Apache distributions which includes php and mysql. Using a text editor like notepad is the best way, as it does not limit your use of php, which most GUI tools do. The manuals for php and mysql are very detailed, and the best training tool going.
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Not sure if this is the perfect answer for you, but if you’re looking for a way to do PHP locally without needing to use your server, you can download something like XAMPP (just do a quick search for it). That will allow you to setup a local server on your PC including Apache, PHP, and MySQL. Then, you can get something like RapidPHP (www.rapidphp.com I think or else just search for it) which allows you to code PHP and test it out on your site, if you have XAMPP running the background with PHP turned on.
With those two things, you’ll have a nice little PHP development environment right there on your PC where you can test things out to your heart’s content. I’m sure there are other solutions but that’s what I’ve used.
Hope that helps.
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