| Re: How stupid ARE people? [message #173762 is a reply to message #173760] |
Tue, 03 May 2011 15:58   |
Tim Streater
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In article <ipp3or$fj0$1(at)dont-email(dot)me>,
"Twayne" <nobody(at)devnull(dot)spamcop(dot)net> wrote:
> In news:timstreater-732456(dot)17181402052011(at)news(dot)individual(dot)net,
> Tim Streater <timstreater(at)waitrose(dot)com> typed:
>> In article <ipml3r$7bg$1(at)dont-email(dot)me>,
>> "Twayne" <nobody(at)devnull(dot)spamcop(dot)net> wrote:
>> Why would PHP not be available on my own machine. I run
>> PHP scripts all the time.
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> I can't really say since you gave no information at all. A lot of 'nix
> bundles might include it but Windows for instance does not. And unless you
> have installed a server installed locally on your machine, PHP scripts are
> not running on your machine. All you'll get when it runs is a page showing
> the PHP script, but no PHP results. Once you're into production mode, then
> the PHP is running on whatever server you are using for your production
> site/s.
> So you have actually not said anything but a few words with nothing to
> describe what you're doing. That of course if of absolutely no use to
> newbies and the inexperienced users looking to get into PHP programming.
OK, I'll add a few words to the second sentence, and a third sentence:
I run PHP scripts from the command prompt all the time. I can do this
whether or apache happens to be running at that moment (in fact it
usually is since an instance of apache is a component of my email
client, but the command line scripts, of course, don't care about that).
--
Tim
"That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed,
nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted" -- Bill of Rights 1689
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