I have no idea what php is or how to use it.

I just did this to make it work after 10 hours of head scratching.

On your box, put the zip file in folder.. unzip it.

Go to your cpanel at your host and create a database with you as user. Leave database alone.

Create folder via ftp under your domain where you want your blog to host. Name it whatever you want. Mydomain.com/blog which might translate to Mydomain.com/htdocs/blog at ftp access etc.

Open wp-config.php on your box in dreamweaver and edit in your database info, user name, password etc. (I used the ip address of the database for my database location which I didn’t have this info, your location might be different pending your hosting service. –the IP you type in IE to access myphpadmin) Save file.

Ftp all the files from WP to that folder you created (blog etc).

Go to address line in IE and type your info such as: mydomain.com/blog/wp-admin/install.php When you see WP you will be smiles and giggles. OH, when you enter in username, make sure you be creative as it locks down. I’m stuck with admin for usname.
(I have no idea why they make this so complicated: Just write what I need to do as I need to do it and leave out the rest.)
Hope I got it all right! Cheers.

php is basically a framework to handle server requests before presenting that information on a webpage. if your site has a database, for example, php is used to call information from that db before sending it along with your HTML request.

if you’re looking for a php file, open the folder and make sure you can see extensions associated with that filetype. for a php file you would look for something like some_random_file_name.php.

open a php file up in a text editor. you can also edit it from cpanel. use ctrl+f to locate the specific line of text that you are looking for. make sure to save.

i am learning php too. thanks for the chance to share what i’ve (gulp) learned. good luck to you.