I want to learn PHP, but I don’t know what r the requirement for running PHP pages, I have little idea about the ASP.Net, so web server concepts r clear to me but I want to know what compiler r needed, how to start it, is any IDE is there etc some basic beginning guidelines, I tried google but not getting very basic info in proper order Pls someone help me

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Any modern OS can run PHP nowaday, it even works on windows. But I would recommend you install Linux (Ubuntu is nice), then just install PHP from the package manager. The PHP site is also great, if you have a question on a function, just go to http://php.net/functionname like: http://php.net/echo Almost all the pages have examples & user comments, so it's really easy to get started. Much simpler than using ASP.NET, IMHO.