What is FoxServ?

For those of you who want to learn and interested in web programming may currently be confused with the number of web programming that offers a variety of features and ease of existing facilities. Quite a lot of web programming available today such as ASP (Active Server Pages), PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor), Perl / CGI (Common Gateway Interface), JSP (JavaServer Pages), CFM (Coldfusion), and so forth. Of the many web programming above, maybe PHP is currently being widely used. The factors that make PHP more widely used by web developers is:

1. PHP are free alias does not pay.
2. Its programming language easy to learn and is equipped with a function-function built in a rather large and easy for users.
3. Supporting PHP, such as: Apache Webserver, MySQL database are free. So that will reduce costs incurred. This is especially affecting cheap hosting prices for servers that support PHP.
4. Community of PHP users very much. So that would make it easier for us if you have trouble while to develop applications.

From the above factors will be many also support PHP applications that simplify the user, especially for people new to using PHP as its web programming language. To start using PHP we need to install a web server in our computer that can be obtained at http://www.apache.org, then install MySQL as a database server in our computer that can be downloaded at http://www.mysql.com, and the last that we have to install PHP on your computer by downloading it first on http://www.php.net The steps above must be very troublesome for the users of PHP are still common. Moreover, if we do not understand what kind of work a web server? and database server work it like how?.

Well, to reduce these difficulties, many in-develop the application bundle that is easier for users of PHP to run PHP on our computers. The application bundle is a fairly widely known today is Foxserv.

Apa itu FoxServ ?
Foxserv is a package installer for Windows systems that have applications in PHP, MySQL, and Apache. For version 3.0 has been supports PHP as a module, PEAR, and Zend
Optimizer.

Some applications are similar to existing FoxServ advance of PHPTriad.Namun unfortunately, PHPTriad until now been discontinued development and J Wynia PHPTriad-developer more interested in creating a "paid version" of his, named Sokkit
(http://www.sokkit.net).

Then there is also use installer for Windows which contains a bundle of PHP, MySQL, Apache made ​​friends KIOSS (Community OpenSource Indonesia) is given the name DongKRAK (http://www.kioss.com/kiossproyek.php?nama=aDongKRAK) and DingKLIK (http://www.kioss.com/kioss/proyek.php?nama=aDingKLIK) - minimalist webserver that supports PHP.

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