Is it possible to run .php files on my local computer?

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Steven Rogers picture Steven Rogers · Feb 16, 2012 · Viewed 129.7k times · Source

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PHP server on local machine?

Is it possible to run .php files on my local computer? I know if i open up a web browser and enter the file location into the URL for HTML files, the html file will run and display. Is there a way to do the same with .php files?

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AlienWebguy picture AlienWebguy · Feb 16, 2012

Sure you just need to setup a local web server. Check out XAMPP: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

That will get you up and running in about 10 minutes.

There is now a way to run php locally without installing a server: https://stackoverflow.com/a/21872484/672229

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