Getting started with PHP

[Anon]

I wish to learn PHP4
.
What do I need to download to work with Windows98, ieexplorer5.0 I use frontpage and Dreamweaver to build HTML pages.
When I have got the down-load, what do I do with it please?

[Anon]

Hello Dave,

Check out http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/boutwell19991212.php3. You should find what your looking for there.

Scott

[ame12]

Here is a pretty simple set of instructions for Win98/PHP:

http://www.badblue.com/helpphps.htm

[antonbrk]

PHP FOR WINDOWS (LATEST PHP RELEASE, PRECOMPILED BINARIES)
http://www.php.net/downloads.php (free)
http://php4win.de/ (free) (has pre-release dev versions of php also)

PHP FOR WINDOWS INSTALL BUNDLES (PHP4x PRECOMPILED BINARIES + APACHE + MYSQL)
http://www.firepages.com.au/phpdev.htm (free)
http://www.phpgeek.com/ (free)
http://php.weblogs.com/easywindows (free) (GD gif dll is here too)
http://www.abriasoft.com/ (free and fee versions)
http://www.nusphere.com/products/index.htm
(the latter supplies manuals and tech support, and costs $79)

PHP INSTALLATION TUTORIALS
http://212.223.75.38/workshops/ (Edward's Online Workshops)
http://www.thickbook.com/extra/php_apachephp4_win.phtml
http://www.webreview.com/2000/09_29/developers/09_29_00_2.shtml
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/00/44/index4a.html?tw=programming
http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/SoothinglySeamless/
http://www.php.net/manual/en/install-windows95-nt.php
http://www.webmasterbase.com/article.php?aid=228&pid=0 (Kevin Yank tutorial)
IMPORTANT: Read the "readme" files accompanying each install

PHP TUTORIALS
http://perl.about.com/compute/perl/cs/beginningphp/
http://www.php.net/tut.php
http://www.phphelp.com/tutorial/index.html
http://support.pair.com/tutorials/php.html
http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/PHP101_5/
http://www.echoecho.com/links/Tutorials/ServerProgramming/Php/
http://cthulhu.ale.org/ale-archive/ale-1999-10/msg00248.html
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/databases/tutorials/tutorial4.html
http://www.useractive.com/ (see their free "sandbox", with PHP tutorials)
http://www.webmasterbase.com/article.php?aid=228&pid=0 (Kevin Yank tutorial)

PHP WINDOWS MAILING LIST ARCHIVES
http://www.zend.com/lists/php-windows/200102/maillist.html

PHP INFO, NEWS, HELPFORUMS, ARTICLES
http://www.phpbuilder.com/
http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/
http://www.newbienetwork.net/
http://www.phphead.com/
http://www.phphelp.com/
http://www.weberdev.com/
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO
/other-formats/html_single/PHP-HOWTO.html
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/index.phtml/fid/51/

PHP GENERAL INTRODUCTIONS
http://www.zend.com/zend/art/intro.php
http://serverwatch.internet.com
/articles/phpintro/index.html
http://www.php.net/FAQ.php#2.4