UBB.Developers Forums UBB.threads 7 Development How Do I? is there a program to help make php web pages?

Is there such a program?
A program that helps make php pages just like FrontPage helps make html pages?

Where would you suggest I start if I want to learn how to make php web pages?

Some editors help with syntax highlighting and certain functions, such as dreamweaver and a couple of other programs I am sure. But the best way is to go to www.php.net and dig in, there are also plenty of free scripts and resources out there to help.

The actual page is really just HTML - the PHP is the programming part - (handling the logins, and using the functions within threads).

If you wanted to make a php page:


<?
echo <<<OUTPUT


Put your HTML here



OUTPUT;
?>

Is all you'd need - the PHP part depends on what exactly you want the page to do. it's a scripting language - and there's no way to WYSIWYG scripting. But everything that the user sees is just HTML.

Thanks
I gues what I am looking for is a program that lets me see how the php will look

now i have to make the html page in prontpage and then i paste it to a generic php page

but i can not see the actual page it it is online

would be nice to use only one program

You can install php from here http://www.php.net/downloads.php it comes for Windows also, then you can run scripts on your local machine. Keep in mind that FP has a bad habit of manipulating your hand coding so I would make sure to edit your php files in a text editor.

You can get a plug in for Front Page, PHP Rocket, that will enable you to see pages with a .php extension in Front Page. You can get it at

http://www.totalpconline.com/phprocketaddin/index.php?page=main.html

Yeah, PHP doesn't have a "look" - it's a scripting language - what you see when you view a PHP page is HTML. PHP does calculations, does queries, processes information. So it doesn't look like anything on it's own.

But as mentioned, you can run PHP on your local machine.... but then if you're working on threads scripts locally, you also need to run a MySQL server on your local machine. Threads scripts are all interconnected, so you can't view or run just one of them without the whole threads install being in place. Otherwise all you'll see is errors.