php emulator, anybody?

[anirtak143]

does anyone know a way that we can try out php scripts in the hard drive without having to upload them to a server?

i tried opening the script folder(in hard drive) with firefox, but when i clicked index.php, it wants to be downloaded... ^^

in short, i want to run php scripts inside my computer... super thanks..

[TechAsh]

The best way to do this is to install Apache and PHP on your computer. There are a couple of premade packages that will install everything for you, or you can install it manually.

Links:
XAMPP: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
MySQL: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/
PHP: http://www.php.net/
Apache: http://httpd.apache.org/


*Moved to Scripts & 3rd Party Apps*

[tnl2k7]

The best all in one package I've found for Windows to do this is Uniform Server. It's free and extremely easy to set up and use. I use it on my USB hard disk to carry my development projects round on disk, I can have a full toolkit wherever I go this way.

http://www.uniformserver.com/

-Luke.