Sunday, June 27, 2010

Your first REAL PHP editor

So, you have managed through much study and prayer to install and configure your PC or Mac for PHP... that is all fine and dandy--but now what? Your computer has become a very small server from which you can connect to some BIGGER more POWERFUL server, if only you could get your code together...

And that is where the Komodo Editor can be a real life saver. It helps you take your PHP code from its location in Applications\MAMP\htdocs\ (for Mac) or C:\XAMPP\htdocs\xampp\ (for Windows) and sends it out to your real server somewhere far far away...

After downloading Komodo:

1. Click file

2. Select PHP as the code type from the right hand list

3. Write your PHP code... mine will be for attachment stripping if I can get it to load (stay tuned)

4. Name your file with the .php extension. Note that you can also open files from your server, provided you have authorized access to them.

5. You can now save your files to your server by entering your server info at the prompt screens

The joy of what to actually WRITE in your php file, I will address in my next short little blog...

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