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Larry in the book at the beginning you state that "comments, php tags, control structures (conditionals, loops, and so on), and certain other constructs don't require semicolons." How am I supposed to differentiate between them? What does a statement look like compared to a control structure or construct? Sorry for my ignorance but until I can see a difference the rule won't stay in my head. And I don't like to move on until I get a grasp of the rule. Hopefully I am making sense.

Okay thanks Larry.

Thanks Larry, unfortunately everyone seems to be providing their packages for php 5.5 and the server that hosts my website has php5.3.27. I don't have the option to upgrade to 5.5 until a script that I use upgrades and I need the script so I am stuck with the lower version of php. Can I still use a newer version of a local server script with your book and my remote server setup to learn php?

I've just now decided to try and learn php again as I've tried in the past and failed. I have PHP for the Web Fourth Edition. I am trying to figure out what version of wamp I should install on my computer as my hosts server has these specs: php=5.3.27, apache=2.2.25, mysql=5.5.36. I was looking at something called "EasyWamp 1.1" as "Wamp" is for php 5.5 and I cannot seem to find an older version that will work with php 5.3.27. Am I going to find that I cannot use a wamp server because of my choice (or no choice) to keep php 5.3.27? Thanks for your support.