what should I use for a testing server - GoFuckYourself.com

spacedog · 11-25-2005, 05:40 PM

I am editing & writing some php with dreamweaver.
I need to download a testing server onto my harddrive.
What should I use? I'm on windows xp.
ps--a free or trial one if there is one.

thanks

Machete_ · 11-25-2005, 05:42 PM

... and you call yourself a webmaster?

spacedog · 11-25-2005, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ebus_dk

... and you call yourself a webmaster?

for asking for recomendations on which testing server to use?

I just thought it'd be faster than ftp, check, then rewrite & fto again & check & repeat.

with a testing server. I just hit f12 see the work & continue working??

I need to have the php & mysql work on my harddrive

spacedog · 11-25-2005, 05:47 PM

Microsoft IIS / PWS or Apache?

ss821z · 11-25-2005, 05:50 PM

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html

directfiesta · 11-25-2005, 05:50 PM

never tried that one but:

http://apache2triad.net/

3M TA3 · 11-25-2005, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spacedog

I am editing & writing some php with dreamweaver.
I need to download a testing server onto my harddrive.
What should I use? I'm on windows xp.
ps--a free or trial one if there is one.

thanks

www.sourceforge.org should find some good systems here. stick with the standards, you're going to hurt yourself if you go witha non-standard and find out it's not compadible. Also get it on a new box (hopefully you can find a 2k box PIII or higher, if not I have one you can borrow if you are in phoenix) and network it, set your testing server in dreamweaver to the IP of that box and wham! it'll be your best friend. Don't forget to get a proxie server somewhere so you can test it "off the network".

good luck

3M TA3 · 11-25-2005, 05:56 PM

http://www.instantservers.com/ it will require a php & sql plugins which are free

spacedog · 11-25-2005, 05:59 PM

thanks for your replies everyone, I found what I needed to get the php to work locally. thanks

directfiesta · 11-25-2005, 06:00 PM

Just remember the one I used ( similar to the one above ...):

http://sourceforge.net/projects/phptriad

3M TA3 · 11-25-2005, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by spacedog

thanks for your replies everyone, I found what I needed to get the php to work locally. thanks

what did you use? tell us if you like it Pros/Cons

spacedog · 11-25-2005, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by 3M TA3

what did you use? tell us if you like it Pros/Cons

I actually didnt install anything, just changed dreamweaver to edit directly on the remote server instead of local

3M TA3 · 11-25-2005, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by spacedog

I actually didnt install anything, just changed dreamweaver to edit directly on the remote server instead of local

good call, i don't like the testing server on the same machine i'm editing on, you can imagine how many issues you can run into.

11-25-2005, 05:40 PM	#1
spacedog Yes that IS me. Bitch. Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 14,149	what should I use for a testing server I am editing & writing some php with dreamweaver. I need to download a testing server onto my harddrive. What should I use? I'm on windows xp. ps--a free or trial one if there is one. thanks

11-25-2005, 05:50 PM	#6
directfiesta Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Montreal, Quebec Posts: 29,609	never tried that one but: http://apache2triad.net/ __________________ I know that Asspimple is stoopid ... As he says, it is a FACT ! But I can't figure out how he can breathe or type , at the same time ....

11-25-2005, 05:56 PM	#8
3M TA3 Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: So Cal Posts: 2,972	http://www.instantservers.com/ it will require a php & sql plugins which are free __________________ Dedicated and colo hosting: ICQ 291313057 "A problem cannot be solved from the same consciousness that created it. We must learn to see the world anew." - Albert Einstein

11-25-2005, 06:00 PM	#10
directfiesta Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Montreal, Quebec Posts: 29,609	Just remember the one I used ( similar to the one above ...): http://sourceforge.net/projects/phptriad __________________ I know that Asspimple is stoopid ... As he says, it is a FACT ! But I can't figure out how he can breathe or type , at the same time ....

11-25-2005, 05:42 PM	#2
Machete_ WINNING! Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 14,579	... and you call yourself a webmaster?

11-25-2005, 05:47 PM	#4
spacedog Yes that IS me. Bitch. Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 14,149	Microsoft IIS / PWS or Apache?

11-25-2005, 05:50 PM	#5
ss821z Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 87	http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html

11-25-2005, 05:59 PM	#9
spacedog Yes that IS me. Bitch. Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 14,149	thanks for your replies everyone, I found what I needed to get the php to work locally. thanks