You need 3 things to run PHP on your local machine:
- PHP
- a web server
- a database
The software that offers all 3 and that I found to be the best choice is WAMP 🥇
Open WAMP
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go to C:\wamp64\www\newfolder
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:file_folder: newfolder is the folder's name I created within the www folder (it's important to keep all PHP files inside the www folder in order for them to be opened)
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select newfolder's path and type cmd and click Enter
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within Command Prompt type code .
this will set VS Code as the default text editor to open this specific folder with a PHP file
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to access this file, type in the browser localhost that will show the homepage of all the folders within the www folder of WAMP, select the one that says newfolder
About bugs 🐛 here are the solutions to the error messages that you might get on WAMP when you left-click on your 🖱️ on the small WAMP icon that is located on the right side of the taskbar
within the folder wamp64 open with normal notepad the file named wampmanager.conf and swap the previous text editor .exe to VS Code. Type on your computer the Windows key + R and type %appdata%..\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code
Add right after editor = in wampmanager.conf the path to VS Code that needs to have a similar syntax to the following C:\..\..\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe"
copy and paste the same .exe path after it says logviewer =
in Windows search bar type environment variables and click on edit when you see on Path C:\wamp64\bin\php\php7.4.26 or something similar delete it and click ok. then right-click on 🖱️ and select exit on WAMP small icon. When you will re-open WAMP all 3 bugs will be fixed ✅