How to install a php file ?

Question

i just downloaded a file from a website i need to install it on my pc but its a .php what should i do ?

Answer 1

Zend provide great articles on such things

http://devzone.zend.com/node/view/id/627

You probably dont have any web development experience though and this wont run.

The .php file should probably be disguarded or try save as a .htm

Answer 2

I would guess that you have downloaded the wrong file.

Did you use a download manager (anything other than your web browser) to download the file?

If so, it may have accidentally downloaded a webpage linking to the file rather than the file you were after.

If so try disabling your download manager and downloading the file again.

PHP files are not applications and you wont be able to install them.

They are similar to the .html pages which make up standard website, but provide extra functions and only work on webservers with php installed.

If you were actually trying to download the php file to install a feature on a website you should research php in more detail.

Answer 3

I'm afraid you will need a webserver to run a .php file

You could install one on your PC but I wouldn't recommend it. If you really, really want to try it out then http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.ht... is a good way to go.

A better solution would be to upload it to a website that supports PHP. Not all webservers do, so you would need to check first.

Hope this helps