Before starting to learn coding in php language we need some important tools and software.
Here we are taking about the three kind of tools that are necessary to installed in your computer before start coding in php. These are the following tools about which we going to discuss.
1.Web Server:-
Web server is a kind of storage where we can store our web pages so that any one can access them anytime over the internet.
As we know that php is a server based scripting language so it is must to have a server to run or testing the php programs. There are numbers of server provider on internet which provide the facilities to give some space to store web pages or data and charge according to the requirements.
But for testing purpose we don't need that kind of server because we can also make our computer a small server by installing a software so that we can create php programs and can do testing on local server without paying any charges.
There is a software name as WAMP server for windows, LAMP for linux and XAMP server for linux as well as windows. You have to install it to make your computer a server.
***check here how to install the WAMP server***
2. Text Editor:-
It is a normal software which is used to code means if you are going to type a php program then it is necessary to have a platform where you can code. There are numbers of text editors and notepad is also the one which is preinstalled in your computer. I prefer to download Notepad++ because it will going to help you most.
3. Browser:-
We all know about a browser even we using it daily to search something or to access any website. Now you can understand why we going to use browser because to run/test our php program we need a browser. Here is also a numbers of browsers like Chrome, Firefox, opera, Safari and many more you can use any one of them.
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