questions about webserver

[David101]

alright well i'm looking to make a website for fun, maybe with php and a forum etc . anyways, i used to have IIS but it got messed up because i have many services disabled. so i downloaded apache

now i have a few questions

does my website have to be http://myip or is there a way to host the domain on my comp like www.davidcorp.com ?

also, i have a bunch of servers disabled (dns dhcp) and i'm wondeirng if this will interfere because i've been trying to setup php/apache2 but something has been not working correctly.



anyways, if you guys could point me to some articles explaing domain/hosting web servers i would really appreciate it. i went on google for a bit to try and find domain hosting but it looks like i need to host it w/ a company. also it appears apache2 doesn't support php (or mysql or whatever lol)

any suggestions?

thnx

 

[JackMDS]

Link to: How can I find My Home Personal Computer/Server on this "Huge" Internet World?

Link to: http://www.dslwebserver.com

:sun:

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: David101
alright well i'm looking to make a website for fun, maybe with php and a forum etc . anyways, i used to have IIS but it got messed up because i have many services disabled. so i downloaded apache

now i have a few questions

does my website have to be http://myip or is there a way to host the domain on my comp like www.davidcorp.com ?

also, i have a bunch of servers disabled (dns dhcp) and i'm wondeirng if this will interfere because i've been trying to setup php/apache2 but something has been not working correctly.



anyways, if you guys could point me to some articles explaing domain/hosting web servers i would really appreciate it. i went on google for a bit to try and find domain hosting but it looks like i need to host it w/ a company. also it appears apache2 doesn't support php (or mysql or whatever lol)

any suggestions?

thnx

PHP works with Apache 2, set it up last week. If your ISP only has DHCP ip's, you could use dynamic DNS.

 

[kamper]

apache doesn't support php 'out of the box', you have to install mod_php first. At least last time I did it...

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: kamper
apache doesn't support php 'out of the box', you have to install mod_php first. At least last time I did it...

It really does. All you have to is move some files and edit your Apache config file.

 

[David101]

thnx guys, i read those articles--very interesting. i got a doamin and everything

1 prob tho lol

i installed php by some instructions linked form the site but when i go to index.php with the sample it doesn't seem to work..says page cannot be found

any suggestions lol?

(im gonna go work on it now)

 

[AFB]

It should still show you the code. Try clicking view source and see if it is there. Also, PHP likes to give me a blank page if I happen to have an error.

 

[David101]

sry...got it lol

thanks for all the help guys !!!