EasyPHP is a combination of common free web server software put together into an easy to install package. Normally to download and install each separate component can take a long time, plus be a headache to configure them to work together properly.
Gettext is a sweet library that makes implementing a new language version in your PHP application real sweet – no need to mess about with hundres and thousands of definitions. Basicly everytime you have a text string that need to be translated you as following in the code:
Since thesitewizard.com uses PHP scripts for various purposes, I find it convenient to have my own copy of PHP on my computer so that I can test my scripts offline, instead of having to test and debug them while connected to my ISP. If you have to pay phone and ISP fees for your Internet connections, you may also find this route a cheaper alternative. You will still have to do some testing online, but at least most of the bugs would have been ironed out by the time you upload the script
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