PHP is a dynamic and promising open source Web program
For example:
The CMS in Joomla, Drupal,
Blog in WordPress, B2evolution,
MediaWiki, TikiWiki in the wiki,
phpMyAdmin, Turbodbadmin of database management tools,
The SugarCRMin CRM,
The Weberp in ERP ,
have been developed using PHP. PHP language is simple, rambling, the pursuit of freedom, which is the original power of open source software.
PHP operating platform, generally have lamp and wamp. Basically, the lamp is included by default in almost all Linux distributions.
And in the Windows operating system of the PHP integration Environment Wamp, it is more convenient for us to experiment and deployment.
In general, we can test, deploy our site on the Wamp, and then migrate to the lamp for formal applications.
XAMPP, WAMP5 and Appserv simple description
XAMPP is an Apache release that contains MySQL, PHP, and Perl, and is easy to install and use.
Windows-based XAMPP for almost all Windows platforms, including Apache, MySQL, PHP + PEAR, Perl, mod_php, OpenSSL, PhpMyAdmin, FileZilla FTP Content such as server and SQLite, and so on.
WAMP5 is one of the Wampserver versions developed by Romain Bourdon. Wampserver is focused on the Windows platform, and installation settings are extremely simple. Currently, Romain Bourdon has officially launched a new version of Wampserver 2.0.
WAMP5 has many users, it integrates Apache, MySQL, PHP, phpMyAdmin and SQLite, can support PHP5 and PHP4 through plugins, and supports Apache mod_rewrite.
Wamp5 in WinXP, Win2000, Win2003 under good operation. Once the installation is complete, a tray appears in the lower right corner of the system, and many features are only configured via the Tray menu.
Appserv was developed by Thais and is a lightweight PHP integration platform. Appserv contains PHP, Apache, MySQL, phpMyAdmin, and Perl, and requires Zend Optimizer, and it needs to be downloaded and installed on its own. appserv2.4.x corresponding to the php4,2.5.x corresponding to PHP5, different versions, including MySQL and other content versions are also different. Default does not support rewrite,Curl and other plug-ins, need to be configured in httpd.conf, need to be libeay32.dll, Php5ts.dll, Php_curl.dll, Ssleay32.dll copied to the system's System32 directory.
The above describes the PHP open source framework and platform XAMPP, WAMP5 and Appserv brief, including aspects of the content, I hope to be interested in PHP tutorial friends helpful.