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It’s fast. It’s inexpensive. It’s easy to use. It can run on many operating

systems. Technical support is widely available. It’s secure. It supports large databases. It’s customizable.

It’s fast. It’s inexpensive — free, in fact. It’s easy to use. It can run on many operating

systems. Technical support is widely available. It’s secure. It’s designed to support databases. It’s customizable.

They’re free. They’re Web-oriented. They’re easy to use and fast. They communicate well with one another. A wide base of support is available for

both.

Perfect Pair…really

Perfect Pair…really

To create your dynamic Web pages, you need access to a Web site that provides your three software tools (see the preceding section). All Web sites include a Web server, but not all Web sites provide MySQL and PHP. These are the most common environments in which you can develop your Web site:

A Web site put up by a company on its own computer

A Web site that’s hosted by a Web hosting company

A Web site that doesn’t yet exist

Example of free server. Windows XP screenshotExample of free server. Windows XP screenshot

If your Web server, PHP, and the test.php file are on the same com puter that you’re testing from, you can type localhost/test.php. In order for the file to be processed by PHP, you need to access the file through the Web server — not by choosing File➪Open from your Web browser menu.

You should see the following in the Web browser: This is an HTML line This is a PHP line