PC Simulator for OsCommerce Off Line Work?

[mikey boy]

Does anyone know of a utility or application that allows you to run your OsC program on your PC? I know you can get a PC copy of the applications to run it as a server, but what I require is an off-line way of viewing how the site will look.

 

Currently any major changes take forever to go through as I'm not on broadband. It would be great if I could see the site locally, work out any snags & then upload.

 

I'm running Windows XP Pro on a 1.2G celeron.

 

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

 

Mike....

 

(....& before I get any more unhelpful, sarcastic replies, yes I have done a search already) B)

[Jack_mcs]

What you need is a copy of php, apache and phpmyadmin installed on your computer. You can download each item indivudually and install them or there are a number of packages that will do all of this for you. I use EasyPHP and am very pleased with the way it works.

 

Jack

[Guest]

I think that easiest way to install Apache with PHP, MySQL etc. is use XAMPP from apachefriends.org. I installed it without problems and "Offline-OsC" works fine in my XP system. Of course you need to modify Apache settings a little bit, but it's easy. :thumbsup:

[mikey boy]

MAGIC!

 

Thanks to both respondents, for easy, helpful, polite & informative answers.

 

There are the guys that do this community proud.

 

Tip'o'the'hat.

 

Mike

[Guest]

Mikey,

 

I also use EasyPHP and love it. I do find that sometimes things act differently on my local server vs. the webserver, and vice versa.

 

If you are interested in PHP5 and testing that way might I recommend WAMP (very very similar to EasyPHP but with newer versions of everything) If you do decide to go with WAMP make sure you do the OSC PHP5 fix first.

 

RW

 

MAGIC!

 

Thanks to both respondents, for easy, helpful, polite & informative answers.

 

There are the guys that do this community proud.

 

Tip'o'the'hat.

 

Mike

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