I shall assume that you have some basic knowledge on these programming languages.

Client-side JavaScript debugging using the so-called 'F12 debugger' under 'Developer Tools' (which deprecated the famous 'Firebug').

Server-side PHP debugging with 'xDebug' or 'Zend Debugger', and.

You need to setup these debugging tools and be familiar with: You also need to install an IDE, such as Eclipse PHP Development Tool (PDT) (read ' How to install Eclipse PDT'), NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA, or others. Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and Debugger I shall describe how to install and setup some of these bundles in the next section.

Zend Server ) (Cross-platform for Windows, macOS and Linux).

XAMPP (Cross-platform for Windows, macOS and Linux).

Install a bundle package, which includes all software components (a) to (d) needed for developing PHP webapps.įor beginners running on Windows/macOS, I certainly recommend the bundle approach for simplicity (although they might not bundled the latest releases).

Install individual software components, i.e., (a) Apache, (b) MySQL, (c) PHP, and (d) Other utilities.

There are two ways of setting up LAMP/WAMP/MAMP: To develop PHP webapps, you need to setup Apache + MySQL + PHP under your operating system, in a so called LAMP (Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP), WAMP (Windows-Apache-MySQL-PHP), or MAMP (macOS-Apache-MySQL-PHP) environment.

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