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mattgaunt
June 30th, 2008, 05:17 PM
Hey guys

Im new to scripting php, I just joined a project that is using it heavily at the moment, anyway I wanted to just start from the ground up and came across the first hurdle when just trying to run a php script.

So what do you guys think is the easiest option to start without needing to upload stuff to a server

also on a side note, any good tools that im missing out for html/php coding on linux and for trnasferring file to and from ftp?

Cheers for any help

Gaunt
LaRoza
June 30th, 2008, 05:25 PM
A local server is best for development.
mattgaunt
June 30th, 2008, 05:44 PM
cheer LaRoza I just had a go at getting it installed and got a test page appearing BUT how do I set it up so I can freely edit file in the /var/www/ directory without needing to be route? I know this is probably a stupid question but none of the how-to's i've read really mention anything regarding setting permissions

Cheers for the help

Gaunt
mattgaunt
June 30th, 2008, 05:49 PM
Ignore me I think I managed to find a link that'll help me on this hopefully

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP

Gaunt
suprfish
June 30th, 2008, 06:16 PM
cheer LaRoza I just had a go at getting it installed and got a test page appearing BUT how do I set it up so I can freely edit file in the /var/www/ directory without needing to be route? I know this is probably a stupid question but none of the how-to's i've read really mention anything regarding setting permissions

Cheers for the help

Gaunt


sudo chown -R username /var/www/


EDIT: Found this very friendly tutorial (though it is for 7.04 it'll work fine for 8.04): http://www.lullabot.com/node/289/play
slavik
June 30th, 2008, 09:37 PM
sudo chown -R username /var/www/


EDIT: Found this very friendly tutorial (though it is for 7.04 it'll work fine for 8.04): http://www.lullabot.com/node/289/play
I'd advice against this method.

sudo a2enmod userdir

then create a dir in your home called "public_html" and put your php stuff there (I am assuming you have all the proper modules installed). then visit the site at http://localhost/~username/index.php

username is your username of course. :)
mattgaunt
July 3rd, 2008, 11:22 AM
cheers for all the help guys