There are a few important tips that can be used and you may not be aware of when starting to use PHP web development. PHP is a type of programming or scripting language used to create web pages and web applications. The full name of PHP is hypertext preprocessor. PHP tends to generally run on servers that use Linux code, which is pretty much all of them.
PHP scripting is used on Linux systems so you can save a lot of time and hassle by developing the code on a Linux system instead of converting the code from a Windows system. Linux is very versatile and you can run Linux on any type of system but there are some few differences that can make converting code and links from windows to Linux.
If your code and links should use different case letters then any of the links will not work. However if you develop the application on Linux then all of your links and code will work and you won’t have to spend extra time changing the links in order to get the page to work. This step is easily avoidable and can make your PHP develop much faster at the beginning.
It can also save you a lot of time by using CVS or SVN. These programs will save the many different versions of your application or web pages so that you can access them if needed. For web development this is important as you will make changes that need to be erased.
Many times SVN is used when you have several different people developing the same site. This then will merge all of the work into one file so that you can see any issues or conflicts.
These two simple and easy suggestions can make your PHP development much easier, specifically when you are just trying to get the hang of PHP development. It is not necessary that you follow these tips but they will make life easier.
Author is a developer and trainer with OnSiteTrainingCourses.Com, a UK IT training company offering PHP and MySQL Classes in London and throughout the UK.
