NEED HELP with PHP SERVER!

Question

NEED HELP! I just learned that PHP can make my computer a server and i successfully viewed my PHP page using localhost. my problem is that. Can i posibly view it using another PC knowing that my PC is internet connected? What should i do to let others view my PHP page?

Answer 1

using your computer as a server i would not recomned if your a newbe to apache.i would first just get a package hosted by someone the reason i say this is because i had my own server and it got hacked to h**l very quickly if you are going to use apache i would have a look round for a good forum where they useually will help you im almost sure they have one on the apache site be dont quote me on that kb kbos2.co.uk  

Answer 2

I suppose you are using Apache, you have to publish your web server.

This operation requires that you modify an entry in your httpd apache file.

I advise not to risk it.

So I advise you use wamp, that way you have only to right click wamp task bar icon and then publish your server.

Good luck.

Answer 3

To answer your question, all someone needs to know is your IP address. That's the short answer.

If you are behind a router you'll have more work to do. What to do depends on what router you have. But you have to Port Forward port 80 to your computer.

A problem you may run across is that your IP address may change from time to time. Most ISPs (Internet Service Providers) frown on their users running web servers, mainly because of file sharing, bandwidth usage, and customer service calls that the ISP is not prepared to handle.

You run the server at your own risk. Good luck.