Jun 11, 2008

Installing PHP locally for Web Development

Almost all of the web servers nowadays are using PHP for web page development or dynamic web pages, HTML alone cannot do it since hypertext machine language (HTML) interprets only basic tags the web has to offer. Since a lot of business people wants their records encoded in the web for record saf keeping and easy access whenever or wherever, PHP offers an answer for this journey. PHP has a lot of functions and techniques that are useful for web business.
As an aspiring web developer, I have collected simple steps for you to lit the candle on your web development path using PHP combined with MySQL (the back - end database you will be using, Apache (your web's interpreter) and the PHP (the one that delivers and processes tags abd commands/instructions for web pages). We will be using XAMPP -a package for Windows that has all you need for web development, in short, an installer for the abovce mentioned softwares we mentioned lately, it is a free package and is downloadable from the internet. The following procedures discusses step by step on how to install PHP+MySQL and Apache using XAMPP. Let us assume, we are using Windows operating system.


  • First off, you will be needing to download a copy XAMPP from here - XAMPP is an open source package that lets you use the software under GPL Agreement.


  • In a little while, there will be a window that would pop-up letting you choose to save the file or not. Please click "Save" button and wait until the file has finished downloading.


  • What's next after the downloading is finished? Since this file is an installer, all you need to do is to double-click the file from the location where you have saved it and follow on screen instructions.


  • Specify the location where you want your XAMPP installed, as a beginner, it should be in C:\, you might get into trouble if you experiment installing it on to another location on the first time you try to do it and you don't know how to configure it later on.


  • Select the services you want from the choice presented in front of you by the installer. If possible, select all of the checkbox, or you may want to leave default choices to avoid later conflicts on the configurations.


  • Wait for the package to fully install your XAMPP, windows might pop-up from time to auto-configure your system and getting ready for use, on this process, don't click anything on the installtion XAMPP window in front of you, be sure to undersand everything before you go clicking on the buttons while installation is on going.


  • A window will let you know that the installation is finished and will asks you to either launch XAMPP Control Panel or not, well, of course, you have to click "Yes" on it, to start Control Panel for XAMPP.


  • Last thing, to test if your installation is successful, launch your browser, then at the address bar, type the following: http://localhost/. If your browser brings you to screen like this
    The default language if French, but of course, you have to click on the Language options at the lower left of the screen to fit your language preferences.


  • On the extra note, place your project folder at [XAMPP installation directory]\XAMPP\httdocs\ folder, then type in http://localhost/[your project folder]/ to see your project.




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Jun 1, 2008

My anyinput Free Online Data Inventory

I have created an account at anyInput to monitor and have a record of my internet service provider's performance for future reference, this is also one form of my Free Online Data Inventory since the term "monitoring" is also related to inventory. The following is my step by step procedures on how did I made an account as well as how did I encoded my records in the system.

anyInput Account Creation:
1. At the web browser address bar, type http://www.anyinput.com
2. Click on the "Sign Up" link
3. Provide for your desired username,email address, and password. Username is what one of the required data you need to enter the system as well as password, so better think of a unique combination of username and password, the system has a built-in module to detect whether a certain user already owned that username you want. You should remember your username and password combination, if in case you did forgot them, your email address canbe used for the rescue. The system will provide you with all the necessary information regarding account information retrieval.
4. When everything is fine, look for the "Submit" button and after a while, your account is created. Congratulations!

Encoding your records for monitoring and free data inventory at anyInput System
1. Choose or create a Category
2. Modify or Edit your Fields
3. Encode your Listings/Records on the Items. You can add another item after current item is being encoded.
4. Save and Refresh your browser.
5. Congratulations, you have now your account and records in the anyInput system.

So keep on logging in and updating your records and everything you want in your Free Online Data Inventory records.

To see your records without logging in the system, you have to type: http://www.anyinput.com/<your username>. confused? Please do tell us at email address: thewebpromoter@gmail.com