Develop PHP "Offline"

I've been all over the internet trying to find a site that says how to develop php offline. I went to php.net and found a comment on one of the pages for "A Simple Tutorial." They said to download a package with PHP, MySQL, and Apache in it that would automatically install and configure everything for me. This worked very well, and I could see my php pages "online". But I've heard that you can develop and view php "offline" and this is what I would like to know how to do. I use Windows 98 and have MSIE 5. My reason for offline developing is I have 56k dialup.

- Jeffrey

If you installed php mysql and apache on you machine, you can view (and develop) php whether you are dialed in or not....

Like I said, I know I can, but I must be doing something wrong because whenever I try to view http://localhost/ offline, it says "webpage unavailable offline"... That's why I want to know if there is something I am doing wrong. Or should I ask, what "exactly" do I do to start up everything and get php running on my computer "offline"?

there must be something wrong with your apache/php setup. Make sure apache is listening on localhost/127.0.0.1 and that it is running.

Sounds like you're thinking about a PHP CGI installation. That's covered in the documentation at the main PHP site at http://www.php.net/

Most PHP editors (like Maguma Studio Light, for example) can integrate with a CGI install of PHP.

You could also use Xitami, which you can find at Xitami.net, which is a webserver that you can run internally that installs in Windows with almost no tweaking in about 30 seconds.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/phptriad/

Try this.

What OS are you using? If you are using windows, when you installed apache it should have gave you an option to host it only to yourself. To view the webpage just put in 127.0.0.1 in the addy bar for IE