Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jerry Stuckle Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.php Subject: Re: How stupid ARE people? Date: Tue, 03 May 2011 18:15:14 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <1z0vp.5524$Du7.4253@newsfe04.iad> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 22:15:21 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="0J9bC3jmtvLneyZKWAAHFA"; logging-data="6593"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+4K1KZDmo3dJ485+zVe2i8Sq4aKqrUrTM=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110414 Thunderbird/3.1.10 In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:HiUDh54pStkkgpF7mKknkJUyC6M= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:3477 comp.lang.c++:4651 comp.lang.php:1396 On 5/3/2011 10:33 AM, Twayne wrote: > In news:timstreater-732456.17181402052011@news.individual.net, > Tim Streater typed: >> In article, >> "Twayne" wrote: >> > > ... > >> >> Why would PHP not be available on my own machine. I run >> PHP scripts all the time. > > I can't really say since you gave no information at all. A lot of 'nix > bundles might include it but Windows for instance does not. And unless you > have installed a server installed locally on your machine, PHP scripts are > not running on your machine. All you'll get when it runs is a page showing > the PHP script, but no PHP results. Once you're into production mode, then > the PHP is running on whatever server you are using for your production > site/s. > So you have actually not said anything but a few words with nothing to > describe what you're doing. That of course if of absolutely no use to > newbies and the inexperienced users looking to get into PHP programming. > > HTH, > > Twayne` > > PHP scripts run fine on Windows without a web server. -- ================== Remove the "x" from my email address Jerry Stuckle JDS Computer Training Corp. jstucklex@attglobal.net ==================