So I am trying to get back into learning programming in php (web development) which I foolishly abandoned years ago. I recall using some tool which, when turned on, provided me with all the necessary stuff I needed to do my work such as MySQL server and apache. Well it turns out that I have no idea what was it called. I heard the quartet Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP is a good way to start off so would there be any tips for me what and where to download?
I have no idea what program you mean. However, there is a program I can reccomend to you. Try Notepad ++. It supports a ton of styles. Awesome tool to avaid making mistakes when typing code manually. And, obviously, Filezilla. If you have webspace to test stuff on, then that's one of the best ftp programs out there.
How about try with your keyword? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAMP_(software_bundle) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMP_packages I was once supposed to learn PHP and had this thing called WAMP, so maybe there's something like that for linux too
I just did a work in which I used PHPMyAdmin to access a MySQL database, then I just uploaded everything with FileZilla, though I would say it's as good as any FTP-client. It was filled with bugs though, I don't know if it was the actual server but folders started to become undeletable so at the end I had lots of folders I had renamed to "error".
