"Mark Filipak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> 1 - Can PHP be used as a batch processor under MS-Windows?
I believe so, although that's not its original intent.
> 2 - I downloaded php-4.2.1-installer.exe and php-4.2.1-Win32.zip. I ran
> php-4.2.1-installer.exe to the point where I got this dialog:
>
> Title Bar: "Mail Configuration"
> Query #1: "Please enter the address of your SMTP server."
> Textbox #1: "localhost"
> Query #2: "Please enter the 'from' address for the mail function."
> Textbox #2: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
>
> I don't know what is being asked. What do I do now?
It's asking for your mail server info as you point out below. This is
for use under Windows for the mail() command. If you don't intend to send
e-mail from PHP just leave it at the defaults for now, or use your e-mail
address and your ISP's mail server.
> 4 - What run time environment does PHP for command line scripting expect
> and how much of it, a, is installed by php-4.2.1-installer.exe, and b,
> is found in php-4.2.1-Win32.zip?
I believe the installer installs the basic stuff, and the zip file
includes a lot of samples and extra modules.
> I seek an alternative to CGI and PHP seems to be just that. I have never
> written CGI. I have an e-smith SME server 5 box that I'd like to put on
> the net as a general purpose gateway/firewall/www-server/mail-handler
> and on which I hope to process PHP-enhanced, server-side HTML. I'd like
> to learn PHP under MS-Windows first, and perhaps use it to do useful,
> batch type things, bulk processing email 'inbox' files for example,
> while traveling the path to PHP enlightenment.
While I'm all for PHP it sounds like you're trying to find a way to use
your tool rather than evaluate what you want to accomplish. ("When you only
have a hammer everything looks like a nail"). Do you know how to set up a
web server? If so I suggest that trying to use PHP outside of the web
environment first will be more confusing than helpful.
However to get you started put this into a plain text file called
"hello.php" and run "php hello.php" from a command prompt:
<?php
echo "hello world"
?>
The content-type header that prints is for the web server's use.
- Steve Yates
- Drive nail here [.] for new monitor.
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