Okay, Thanks. I figured for testing I could install it on my local machine and I would be off. Going further forward though maybe I can install this on an old windows PC I have, buy a domain name and I have my own 'server' environment that I can use for my small programs I build..
Am I correct with this line of thinking? Sent from my iPhone > On 30 Mar 2014, at 4:58 pm, "Earthednet-wp" <proth...@earthednet.org> wrote: > > Nakia, > On the Mac, which is the only system I've tried it on, you get a ready to go > installation. You can set it to have a different port and local host IP > address, so you don't need a domain name. The setup tells you how to do this. > I also have an installation on a separate server that I can access remotely, > but for testing, it's most convenient on my local development machine. The > WAMP version probably is different in many details, but on the Mac, it's > ridiculously easy to set up. I created a pretty hairy php code with a > debugger, breakpoints and all, where I wanted to tie into a drupal login > system to verify a user for a separate application. And I'm pretty crappy > with php. I think, if you just jump in and try it, you will be happy, but > then it's windows, so..... > > I'd be interested in hearing how the windows installation goes. > Best, > Bill > > William Prothero > http://es.earthednet.org > >> On Mar 29, 2014, at 6:45 PM, Nakia Brewer <nakia.bre...@westrac.com.au> >> wrote: >> >> Thanks everyone for these suggestions. Guess what I am doing this afternoon! >> >> Dumb question (please don't laugh) if I get this working the way I want and >> all the stuff I need is small (small database, minimal traffic) can I just >> keep it on this dedicated PC of mine ? >> >> Guess I just need to buy a domain? Is that correct? >> >> Remember, please don't laugh... >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On 30 Mar 2014, at 10:32 am, "Earthednet-wp" <proth...@earthednet.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Google WAMP. On the Mac, it's MAMP. Easy to install, contains Apache, >>> MySQL, and php. You can run it on your desktop computer. Also, free. >>> Install is trivial. You can install the LC server on it and do your >>> testing. It's so easy I don't know why more folks don't suggest it. >>> Bill >>> >>> William Prothero >>> http://es.earthednet.org >>> >>>> On Mar 29, 2014, at 1:41 PM, Nakia Brewer <nakia.bre...@westrac.com.au> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I want to learn how to use LC server scripts (try and improve my knowledge >>>> and progress my learning) but currently don't have access to a web-server. >>>> >>>> Can some offer some advice for cheap (best free) web server space that I >>>> could use to do some testing.. >>>> >>>> Needs to be able to run LC scripts and MySQL database. I have no interest >>>> in building a website with this server. I also want to use this server to >>>> host a MySQL database that a desktop allocation will communicate to (I >>>> presume I can do this over internet? 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