How to quickly set up a website with phpstudy?

1 year ago
Emily Johnson
2 minutes

To quickly set up a website, you can follow these steps using phpstudy.

  1. Download and install PHPStudy: Visit the official PHPStudy website (https://www.phpstudy.net/) to download the PHPStudy installation package. Follow the installation wizard instructions to complete the installation.
  2. Start PHPstudy: After installation is completed, open the PHPstudy control panel and click the start button to launch the Apache and MySQL servers.
  3. Create a website directory: Create a new folder in the WWW folder within the installation directory of phpstudy to serve as your website directory. For example, you can create a folder named “mywebsite”.
  4. Write website code: Use any text editor to write your website code and save it to the website directory you just created. You can use technologies such as HTML, CSS, and PHP to write the code.
  5. Set up a virtual host by opening the phpstudy control panel, clicking on the “Virtual Host” tab, and then clicking the “Add Virtual Host” button. In the pop-up dialog box, fill in the website’s domain name and the directory path of the website (the path of the folder just created). Click OK to save the settings.
  6. Edit the hosts file: Open the folder C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc and use a text editor to open the hosts file. Add a line at the end of the file, mapping the domain name you set in the previous step to the local IP address (default is 127.0.0.1). For example, if your domain name is “mywebsite.com,” add the line: “127.0.0.1 mywebsite.com.”
  7. Test website: Open your browser, enter the domain name you set up in the above steps (for example, mywebsite.com), and you will be able to access and test the website you just built.

By following the steps above, you can quickly set up a website and test it locally in phpstudy. Please note, this is just a basic method for quickly setting up a website, and you may need to further study and understand PHP, MySQL, and website development in order to create more complex and feature-rich websites.

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