PHP database website without server?

[rudeboymcc]

Hi. I'm plannign on building a php website using a database which will ahve to be constantly updated. i was hoping i could upload everything to the domain but every tutorial i have read about php says to use a webserver on your computer.

is this the only option? or can i later move everything to the domain (i haven't bought it yet).just i don't trust my computer. firstly it doesn't have a static ip address. the internet is provided by talktalk and so is on and off. and it's quite old and maybe prone to failure.

 

[rudeboymcc]

well the tutorial told me to install apache with mysql and php. is apache jsut a different company to xampp but do they so the same thing?

so after i've finished the website, i just upload all the files in the apache htdocs directory (this is where the files i can see at http://localhost/ are) to some webspace which i have to buy later, and then i buy a domain name which simply points to the webspace.

that right?

 

[rudeboymcc]

JESUS you serious? i've just spent the past hour trying to set those three up and it still doesn't work.