Newbie needs some help running PHP on Windows XP

[bre]

I'm trying to get php working so I can test without having to upload each time. I have XAAMP and MSYQL installed and it shows them running when I start them from control panel.

I also have php installed and it starts a Command line window when I run php.exe. That's all I get. I don't know what to do after that. If someone know a good tutorial to learn how to run it, I would appreciate it.

I'm ok with the coding, I just don't know how to get it started and I want to be able to step through programs line by line to debug them. Thanks.

[dj_ron]

Create the php file and paste it inside  the "C:\xampp\htdocs\project" foldder .

 Once you do that go your browser and type in http://localhost/project. This will open up your web directory and will show your php files in that folder. Click on the file and you should be gud to go.

Remember php is a server side script.