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title: PHP Install
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### What Do I Need for Installation?
To start using PHP, you can:

Find a web host with PHP and MySQL support.
Install a web server on your own PC, and then install PHP and MySQL. 
You can check out the following links to get a PHP server and MYSQL for creating a local envinonment for PHP to run:
Web Server: https://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi
Database: https://www.mysql.com/downloads/

### PHP Parser Installation
Before you proceed it is important to make sure that you have proper environment setup on your machine to develop your web programs using PHP.

Type the following address into your browser's address box.
```shell
http://127.0.0.1/info.php
```
If this displays a page showing your PHP installation related information then it means you have PHP and Webserver installed properly.

### Set Up PHP on Your Own PC

However, if your server does not support PHP, you must:
install a web server
install PHP
install a database, such as MySQ.

### More information
The official PHP website (PHP.net) has installation instructions for PHP: http://php.net/manual/en/install.php
To get both web server and databse in a single package use this link: https://www.mamp.info/en/