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Is it possible to effectively develop PHP applications on Windows that will be deployed on servers running Linux?

Is it fine to code PHP on Windows and host it later on a server running Linux? Can there be any problems in the migration of such a project? I would think that there really can't be any problems, ...
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How much does a web developer need to know about Linux?

I was just wondering if a typical PHP developers needs to be very familiar with Linux. I am studying Linux right now and I believe some of linux knowledge is not required for a PHP developer job (not ...
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How can I make my PHP development environment more efficient?

I want to start a home-brew pet project in PHP. I've spent some time in my life developing in PHP and I've always felt it was hard to organize the development environment efficiently. In my ...
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5answers
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What advantages does Linux give me when developing in PHP for the web?

I'm about to begin a big PHP project with a friend. It's my first time using PHP and I've been wondering wether I should try developing on Linux since it's so popular. I've had some past experience ...
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PHP IDE with working autocompletion/intellisense [closed]

I am in search for a - preferably free - php ide with working autocompletion aka IntelliSense™. I have been working with NetBeans for a couple years, hoping the php support would become somewhat ...
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Unit Testing For Different Environments

How does one do unit testing for multiple environments that behave differently? Here is my problem. I have a PHP class for which I'd like to create unit tests. The class provides shortcuts for ...
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6answers
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I need to know the reasons why learning Linux Shell Scripting (BASH) benefits me as a PHP developer

I have been developing web sites/applications using the LAMP stack for almost 5 years. Currently I am interested to dig more into Linux OS, specifically BASH but from a web developer perspective, not ...
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3answers
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What and all the areas of Linux a PHP developer should know about? (Like just commands of it or something advanced)

I've developed a website using PHP but I implemented it on Windows OS and hosted it on Windows server. I just searched the PHP job market to know the on-going technology requirement and to keep my ...
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4answers
534 views

Is it possible to keep only one Database for both web and desktop applications?

I'm experiencing a trouble with my business model, let me explain better. I'm developing a software for 1 year and few months, it's for the food industry, more exactly a software to: Delivery, Take ...
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2answers
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Work flow when editing files in /var/www. Constantly needing to input “sudo” commands

I installed Apache2 and PHP5 last night on my fresh Linux Mint machine. I created a folder and created a simple index.php file with a call to phpinfo() to test out the installation and every works ...
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2answers
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memory and time intensive php task

Sorry if this question has been asked before, but I couldn't find anything usable. I'm working on a project for a client and currently I have to loop through the users table which is about 3000 ...
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1answer
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How can I convert PPT files to PNG in PHP without COM?

I need to convert Powerpoint files to PNG in PHP. I can do the conversion with using COM in PHP but COM is only supported on Windows. I need to do this for both Windows and Linux. I am wondering if ...
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Need Advice on PHP Search Functionality

I'm coding a Linux/PHP site for an organization. The site has two views, activated by a login $_SESSION variable indicating whether one is logged in as a member or not. I need to provide search ...
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What is the best idea to put available OS (linux) and Web application to client?

After a year programming a web based business management system, I got my idea divided into two differents ways to do what I'm doing... I will try to explain in follow lines: First I will describe my ...
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1answer
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linux script as a service within PHP & JS

Is it possible to create a web application/service in PHP in which the backbone of the application/service is really a linux script and PHP is just relaying the data from the script? The linux script ...
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1answer
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How To Handle Previously Uploaded Files

I'm new to PHP and MySQL and I've only seen posts related to this on Zend and ASP so I'm looking for some advice to point me in the right direction for a LAMP project. I'm putting together a webform ...
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How do I make PHP load files from the server root home folder? [migrated]

So I built what I thought would be this awesome reporting page in PHP that loads data from some CSV text files and creates nice Google charts and tables for our clients. I then thought it would be ...