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The PHP web development environment is probably the first solution most people think of when they consider server side coding. PHP Web Development is a far cry from its original inception as Perl extensions. Beginning as a simple script on a home page, it is now on over 200 million sites on the internet.

Flawed and hard to use for development, PHPs newer version does not have the language support that come with older versions. As for developing, the server you use and the server it is sent to are probably not compatible.

PHP does have its defects. One such defect is that the newer version, version 6, does not support as many languages as version 3. Designing in PHP is not easy. You are designing on a server that you cannot control and that normally will not support your project depending on the server that is used.

Windows based servers, which is what most local servers are, are not case sensitive like webservers that use Linux. You may wonder what the big deal is about this. Well, the result is that when you build your link, such as http://name.com/folderName/, it looks good to you but probably will not work once it is sent to the webserver. Even if you check it, after sending it to the webserver you will get the error page not found even though you know it is there. Using a Linux system is suggested but not required.

Linux provides more stability.

If, for some unknown reason, you just feel like you have to use Windows, try to get the development environment as close as you can to Linux.

CVS and SVN are very similar. By saving the work you have done on to a system, you can bring up earlier versions of the work if needed. You probably are going to need to at some point. It also allows for restoring your work to earlier versions if required. Normally, SVN is used by groups of developers who are working on the same project. All have access to project at the same time when using SVN. Any issues that may develop can often be fixed by SVN because it attempts to combine all the work into a single file. As you can see though, it is also beneficial for individuals.

With any luck, you have been shown how this information relates to creating and PHP together. When first starting out, follow the two recommendations listed above. Your project will be in a more monitored and structured setting.

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