If you are new to PHP web development then a few little known tips can help your process greatly as well as avoid a few mistakes. PHP development uses a scripting language to create web pages and web applications. PHP actually stands for hypertext preprocessor and PHP pages can be used on most serves as the vast majority is configured to accept and use PHP based web pages.
When using PHP for web development it is best to use a Linux operating system, as this is the type of server that can use PHP. PHP runs off of Linux so why would you develop it on a Windows operating system. The big difficulty that can occur is the Linux servers are case sensitive and Windows are not so you may have problems when getting your application up and running.
If your code and links should use different case letters then any of the links will not work. However if you develop the application on Linux then all of your links and code will work and you won't have to spend extra time changing the links in order to get the page to work. This step is easily avoidable and can make your PHP develop much faster at the beginning.
SVN or CVS is also important as the basics to these are that it saves all of your work so that you can restore it to previous versions. This occurs to everyone and you want these different versions available to you.
Instead of having to undo the code you can go back to an earlier saved version. Many times SVN is used when more than one person is working on a web site.
These two simple and easy suggestions can make your PHP development much easier, specifically when you are just trying to get the hang of PHP development. It is not necessary that you follow these tips but they will make life easier. - 32523
When using PHP for web development it is best to use a Linux operating system, as this is the type of server that can use PHP. PHP runs off of Linux so why would you develop it on a Windows operating system. The big difficulty that can occur is the Linux servers are case sensitive and Windows are not so you may have problems when getting your application up and running.
If your code and links should use different case letters then any of the links will not work. However if you develop the application on Linux then all of your links and code will work and you won't have to spend extra time changing the links in order to get the page to work. This step is easily avoidable and can make your PHP develop much faster at the beginning.
SVN or CVS is also important as the basics to these are that it saves all of your work so that you can restore it to previous versions. This occurs to everyone and you want these different versions available to you.
Instead of having to undo the code you can go back to an earlier saved version. Many times SVN is used when more than one person is working on a web site.
These two simple and easy suggestions can make your PHP development much easier, specifically when you are just trying to get the hang of PHP development. It is not necessary that you follow these tips but they will make life easier. - 32523
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