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PHP

Michael Timbs
Michael Timbs
15,761 Points
Posted by Michael Timbs
Michael Timbs
15,761 Points

PHP in Sublime Text 2

I like to use Sublime Text 2 instead of workspaces with TreeHouse courses. I have never had an issue until I started the PHP track. What build system should I be using to preview? I'm just using the Google Chrome like I would for a HTML preview but all my PHP code is being commented out by the browser.

Do I need to install some kind of PHP interpreter on my computer?

1 Answer

Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points
Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points

You need to run a server with PHP installed.

XAMPP ( Windows ) or MAMP( OSX ) are very common for local development.

To help you understand what this is for and assistance with installing I suggest doing all of the Getting Started with PHP section of the Build a Simple PHP Application course.

Michael Timbs
Michael Timbs
15,761 Points
Michael Timbs
Michael Timbs
15,761 Points

Thanks I was just reading up on this on the web. I have just started the PHP track as I want to get familiar with PHP. I might just use Workspaces as I already have Nodejs and MongoDB installed on my local machine as I spend most of my time with those guys and cant really be bothered with XAMPP if i'm not going to be doing any serious dev in the near future with PHP/MySQL.