PHP Tutorial 2 – Installing XAMPP (PHP For Beginners)
In this short video, we will cover the part that most beginners struggle with and that is installing PHP on a server. You can use your own computer as a server by installing XAMPP and run .php files on your own computer. If you have a web hosting account then you do not need to follow this tutorial and you can simply use your web hosting to run your scripts instead.
For more information, check out the website:
http://howtostartprogramming.com/PHP/php-tutorial-2-installing-xampp/
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