PHP Environment: Yes! Indeed! PHP has an environment, much like animals! PHP's environment and what this means is simple, environment in PC's is the hardware or system configuration needed for PHP to run successfully, and you will need three main components. These three components create what PHP is and how it is executed, without these three, PHP will fail to run and it won't do as you tell it to do inside of a PHP file. Three Main Components: Database: You will need a database, PHP virtually works with every single database software out if you know how to code it properly, but the most common setup is done with MySQL, or even just SQL. http://www.mysql.com/products/enterprise/ Web Server: This is probably the most important component, because without this, it will not work no matter what you do, even if you have a database, this is like taking an oreo, and going to your couch without any milk. Once again, PHP will work with all Web Server software, however the most common is Apache or Microsoft's IIS. http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi Browser: This is again an important component, but natively most newer browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, even the ancient Internet Explorer can parse PHP properly, which is basically just a fancy word for read PHP. Installing Apache: [VIDEO]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17qhikHv5hY[/VIDEO] However! If you wish to not bother with installing these separately as it can be a pain in the arse to do so! Refer to this guide - http://www.xpgamesaves.com/topic/119942-tutorialsetting-up-xampp/ -Iamcoolz
