Hi Satt, welcome to WebmasterWorld. :)

Sounds like the people you have been talking to can`t distinguish a web server from an operating system. An operating system on a computer has no direct relation to your web server. I`m running Windows 7, Vista & XP on my laptops, but have a Centos5 linux dedicated server.

A web server can be anything you want it to be, either Windows or Linux, up to you.

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Thanks for answer, Dreamcatcher.

All this compatibility stuff really confusing at this moment.
I realize that server is not related to my pc but how would you customize web script designed for Linux platform using WYSIWYG designed to run on Windows platform?
Again, the impression i got from developer answer is that they are absolutely different techs.

welcome to WebmasterWorld [webmasterworld.com], Satt!
your server platform and your home PC interact using protocols and standards such as HTTP and TCP/IP that are common across operating systems.
for example, your home pc may use a firefox browser which is available for several operating systems such as the various flavors of windows or mac OS's.
similarly your server may run apache software which is available for numerous platforms such as windows and linux.
apache doesn't really care if the request came from windows/firefox or mac/safari or linux/konqueror and your browser doesn't really care if the content is served from windows/IIS or bsd/apache.

web script designed for Linux platform

i am assuming you are talking about a server side script here?

using WYSIWYG designed to run on Windows platform

WYSIWYG usually refers to the design tool for the user interface part of the application which would typically run in the browser, not on the server.

Hello, Phranque.

Ok, let's make it a bit easier this time. I didn't wanted to poin a finger but... BMscripts- one of the contacted developers. Question was, what are requirements for both PC and server, answer was- LAMP. I assumed that both machines require Linux platform. I asked is it possible to convert it to WAMP, answer was, its to tech. I assumed that different type of code used, so in order to take full control of the script i would need compatible set of tools.
As for server side script thing i have no idea, no developer point to specifics its always or Linux or Win or all, go figure.

Come on people, is there any problem with my questions? Why is it so difficult to answer them?

i thought i answered your question.
i would say the difficulty is in the clarity of your question.

what are requirements for both PC and server

a server can run on a pc.
that server can be based on windows, linux, mac, whatever.

so i'm assuming by "pc" you mean the client machine.
whether you are using the client for the purpose of browsing or as a development machine for your application, it is completely independent of the server and can also be running windows, linux, mac, whatever.

the only thing you basically need to develop a script is a text editor.
there are text editors available for any and all platforms.
if you require a specific development framework, browser, wysiwyg or whatever, these are typically available across most or all platforms.

the LAMP/WAMP components include apache, mysql and php or perl.
these all work on linux and/or windows platforms.
perhaps if your php or perl script have direct system calls then you will need to run those scripts on the server that supports those calls...

so help us understand what your question is that didn't get answered.

By PC i meant my "personal computer" that sit in my room and not acting as an host/server.

Ok you can visit any web developers site and there you'll see requirements for the web scripts. The ones im interested always happened to be Linux based. Iam assuming that those requirements are host/server requirements but not my PC.
Assume for a moment

1. Script requires Linux based server

2. my PC runs on Win XP Home

Realize that the script in question is generic and will require some customization, modification or whatever, one way or another.

Now the question is, is it possible to customize-modify-code it using Win XP PC with tools(WYSIWYG, PHP editors etc)designed for Windows? I have zero of anything Linux related on my PC.

Also what versions of MySQL, Apache, PHP needed to be installed? Iam assuming Windows versions, but will it work with Linux?

if you need to modify a script using your windows home pc, you can edit it with wordpad or any "php editor" and then use a ftp client to upload the edited script to a server and test it.
the editor will simply output ascii text in a file that is the same whether it was edited on a windows, linux or mac machine.

in general, if you upload and install the latest version of php you can run the same script on any platform.
if you install the latest version of mysql and load it with a sql file it will work the same on every platform.
apache accepts the same requests and provides similar responses on every platform.
the specifications, standards and protocols involved are platform-independent.

Thanks for clearing that up for me, but i have other questions. Why do i need install Mysql, PHP, Apache on my PC if remote server already got them, do i really need'em? In what instances i must have them?

You want those resources locally so you can test your changes before deploying them to your web site.