4 Reasons to Run PHP On Your Computer

PHP is a pretty powerful tool if you know how to use it. But what most people don’t realize is that PHP can be used for more than making websites for the world to see. It can also be used to make your everyday life easier in the off line world. If this is something you might be interested in head over to Apache Friends and download Xampp (Windows, Linus, and Mac versions available) so you can try it for yourself. See how this can help you out after the jump below.

  1. Run a local version of WordPress. A lot of people use WordPress as a personal diary. But why should you leave your personal thoughts on the internet for everyone to see and comment on if you really just meant the diary to be for you? If you just want a place to write for yourself a locally run blog can provide you with all of the benefits and none of the sharing. However, if you’re more of the coder type you could…
  2. Run a WordPress testing ground. Webhosts generally have bandwidth limits. And along with those come pressure to get your site right as quickly as possible since constantly reloading the page will go against your bandwidth limit. If you have a locally run WordPress blog you can change code and reload as often as you like without worrying about using your alloted bandwidth. Plus, it gives you the added benefit of not giving visitors the opprotunity to see your site as you don’t want them to see it.
  3. Keep track of almost anything. Xampp comes with a CD collection program, but that can be used to keep track of almost anything from books to classes and, of course, CDs. Let PHP put the items in order for you so you don’t have to worry about that either.
  4. Figure out your next paycheck. It’s a very simple process of have PHP tell you how much your next paycheck will be. Just use the built in math functions figure out how many hours you worked and multiply that by your pay.

These are but a few things you can use PHP for on your own computer. If you have any questions or suggestions for other ways to use PHP please let me know in the comments below.

March 7, 2008 | Written by Chris Osborne | Filed Under Computers | Tags: |  

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3 Responses to “4 Reasons to Run PHP On Your Computer”

  1. Tina Anderson on March 7th, 2008 8:24 am

    Thank you for the information and I agree with what you are saying about running PHP on your computer. The only issue I have with it is that it can be very slow sometimes.

  2. Chris Osborne on March 7th, 2008 1:25 pm

    I haven’t experienced very slow yet, but slow has happened. Although I can’t tell you with 100% certainty if it was Firefox or PHP.

  3. ai~ on April 21st, 2008 2:43 am

    This is exactly what I was looking for. Many many thanks! :)

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