Personal Server?

[jam]

hi,

i want to set up a simple server to debug and test basic php scripts on, i was wondering what server you'd use or if anyone can suggest a server?

any help is appreciated,

JAM

p.s. the server is going to be a personal server set up on my laptop, such as an apache server but i dont know which package touse or if there is something better for what im trying to do... this is only to help me learn php...

[pcthug]

Well you'd need more then just a server to test PHP scripts. At minimum, you'd need a PHP installation/source and a testing database would almost be essential. Properly configuring and installing all these packages to run together often results in failure. Therefore. I'd suggest: XAMPP (http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html).

[jam]

yerh cheers i'll check it out

[Aelfwine]

If you're on Windows and need to test or demo scripts on Linux (there are some differences between a Linux/Unix server and XAMPP on Windows), try SLAMPP (http://slampp.abangadek.com/wiki/HomePage), which is a Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP/Perl setup that runs from a LiveCD or USB flash drive.