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MossCommuter
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Get a Raspberry Pi. It's small enough to park by your router and draws little power. Totally silent too. I've run a full LAMP setup on one.
That or Google Sites but Google Sites is a lot less fun.
That or Google Sites but Google Sites is a lot less fun.
annedonnelly
Girl from the North Country
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You can install and run both PHP and MySQL on your own PC if you just want to see it yourself.
I used to have both running when I was doing web development.
I used to have both running when I was doing web development.
annedonnelly
Girl from the North Country
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[QUOTE 4713464, member: 9609"]do you have buy these programmes and is it easy to set up with the php and mysql being inside the same compter ?.[/QUOTE]
They're free to download. It wasn't a big deal to get it set up and running. I think you need Apache also. It's a while since I did it, but it would have been a case of following the instructions on the various download websites.
The MySQL download is here.
And the PHP stuff here
There'll be plenty of help available in the various support communities if you need it. It's the sort of thing people are doing all the time.
They're free to download. It wasn't a big deal to get it set up and running. I think you need Apache also. It's a while since I did it, but it would have been a case of following the instructions on the various download websites.
The MySQL download is here.
And the PHP stuff here
There'll be plenty of help available in the various support communities if you need it. It's the sort of thing people are doing all the time.
KnackeredBike
I do my own stunts
[QUOTE 4713464, member: 9609"]do you have buy these programmes and is it easy to set up with the php and mysql being inside the same compter ?.[/QUOTE]
Download WAMP or XAMPP (free- they both do the same thing). Saves downloading and configuring all the components for a web server separately. It creates a web server on your computer so you go to http://localhost/ and that is your website.
You can copy the files onto the htdocs folder that will be created on your computer. With your MySQL database you will have to go into phpmyadmin on your current host, export the database as an SQL file, then going to phpmyadmin on your computer and copy & paste the SQL and execute it.
Obviously this means you will only be able to access your "website" from your computer.
Download WAMP or XAMPP (free- they both do the same thing). Saves downloading and configuring all the components for a web server separately. It creates a web server on your computer so you go to http://localhost/ and that is your website.
You can copy the files onto the htdocs folder that will be created on your computer. With your MySQL database you will have to go into phpmyadmin on your current host, export the database as an SQL file, then going to phpmyadmin on your computer and copy & paste the SQL and execute it.
Obviously this means you will only be able to access your "website" from your computer.
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annedonnelly
Girl from the North Country
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Sounds like the easy way to do what I was talking about - trust me to try to do it the hard way
