Chapter 16 . PHP Development 451 Figure 16-1:
Chapter 16 . PHP Development 451 Figure 16-1: A server with PHP enabled and configured correctly If, for whatever reason, the page does not come up, there is probably something wrong with your PHP configuration. Don t worry! I walk through the installation of PHP in this chapter; you can reconfigure as part of the installation process. Scroll down in the PHP information page and look for the section on MySQL, as shown in Figure 16-2. In the example in Figure 16-2, MySQL is enabled with PHP. If your page looks similar, you can skip the sections of this chapter concerned with installing and configuring PHP for use with MySQL. If PHP is installed on your system but MySQL is not enabled, you ll want to reinstall PHP to enable MySQL. Where to get the software The main distribution site for PHP is http://www.php.net. I ve also included PHP on the CD-ROM with this book (the PHP Web site probably has a newer version). On the CD-ROM The CD-ROM with this book includes the latest version of PHP available as of press time. This version works with the examples given in the book.
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