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Index: phpdoc/en/chapters/install.xml diff -u phpdoc/en/chapters/install.xml:1.109 phpdoc/en/chapters/install.xml:1.110 --- phpdoc/en/chapters/install.xml:1.109 Wed Jan 9 18:52:08 2002 +++ phpdoc/en/chapters/install.xml Mon Jan 14 14:40:01 2002 @@ -1,85 +1,17 @@ - - - + + + - - - - Before installing first, you need to know what do you - want to use PHP for. There are three main fields you - can use PHP, as described in the - What can PHP do? - section: - - Server-side scripting - Command line scripting - Client-side GUI applications - - - - For the first and most common form, you need three things: - PHP itself, a web server and a web browser. You - probably already have a web browser, and depending on - your operating system setup, you may also have a web - server (eg. Apache on Linux or IIS on Windows). - You may also rent webspace at a company. This way, you - don't need to set up anything on your own, only write - your PHP scripts, upload it to the server you rent, and - see the results in your browser. You can find a list of - hosting companies at &url.php.hosts;. - - - While setting up the server and PHP on your own, you have - two choices for the method of connecting PHP to the - server. For many servers PHP has a direct module - interface (also called SAPI). These servers include - Apache, Microsoft Internet Information Server, - Netscape and iPlanet servers. Many other servers - have support for ISAPI, the Microsoft module - interface (OmniHTTPd for example). If PHP has no - module support for your web server, you can always - use it as a CGI processor. This means you set up - your server to use the command line executable of - PHP (php.exe on Windows) to - process all PHP file requests on the server. - - - If you are also interested to use PHP for command line - scripting (eg. write scripts autogenerating some images - for you offline, or processing text files depending - on some arguments you pass to them), you always need - the command line executable. For more information, read - the section about writing - command line PHP applications. In this case, - you need no server and no browser. - - - With PHP you can also write client side GUI applications - using the PHP-GTK extension. This is a completely - different approach than writing web pages, as you - do not output any HTML, but manage windows and objects - within them. For more information about PHP-GTK, please - visit the site dedicated to - this extension. PHP-GTK is not included in the - official PHP distribution. - - - From now on, this section deals with setting up PHP - for web servers on Unix and Windows with server module - interfaces and CGI executables. - - - Downloading PHP, the source code, and binary - distributions for Windows can be found at - &url.php;. - We recommend you to choose a - mirror nearest - to you for downloading the distributions. - - + + + &chapters.install.general; &chapters.install.hpux; &chapters.install.linux; &chapters.install.macosx; @@ -99,6 +31,7 @@ &chapters.install.otherhttpd; &chapters.install.problems; &chapters.install.configure; + Before installing first, you need to know what do you want to use PHP for. There are three main fields you can use PHP, as described in the What can PHP do? section: Server-side scripting Command line scripting Client-side GUI applications For the first and most common form, you need three things: PHP itself, a web server and a web browser. You probably already have a web browser, and depending on your operating system setup, you may also have a web server (eg. Apache on Linux or IIS on Windows). You may also rent webspace at a company. This way, you don't need to set up anything on your own, only write your PHP scripts, upload it to the server you rent, and see the results in your browser. You can find a list of hosting companies at &url.php.hosts;. While setting up the server and PHP on your own, you have two choices for the method of connecting PHP to the server. For many servers PHP has a direct module interface (also called SAPI). These servers include Apache, Microsoft Internet Information Server, Netscape and iPlanet servers. Many other servers have support for ISAPI, the Microsoft module interface (OmniHTTPd for example). If PHP has no module support for your web server, you can always use it as a CGI processor. This means you set up your server to use the command line executable of PHP (php.exe on Windows) to process all PHP file requests on the server. If you are also interested to use PHP for command line scripting (eg. write scripts autogenerating some images for you offline, or processing text files depending on some arguments you pass to them), you always need the command line executable. For more information, read the section about writing command line PHP applications. In this case, you need no server and no browser. With PHP you can also write client side GUI applications using the PHP-GTK extension. This is a completely different approach than writing web pages, as you do not output any HTML, but manage windows and objects within them. For more information about PHP-GTK, please visit the site dedicated to this extension. PHP-GTK is not included in the official PHP distribution. From now on, this section deals with setting up PHP for web servers on Unix and Windows with server module interfaces and CGI executables. Downloading PHP, the source code, and binary distributions for Windows can be found at &url.php;. We recommend you to choose a mirror nearest to you for downloading the distributions.