The document discusses and compares the features of several web development tools. It notes that they are free, easy to use, support databases, run on multiple operating systems, and have available technical support. It also explains how to access and test web pages that utilize these tools from different hosting environments like a personal computer, web hosting company, or not yet existing website.

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12. If your Web server, PHP, and the test.php file are on the same com­ puter that you’re testing from, you can type localhost/test.php. In order for the file to be processed by PHP, you need to access the file through the Web server — not by choosing File➪Open from your Web browser menu. You should see the following in the Web browser: This is an HTML line This is a PHP line