testing pages locally

I asked the same question and I got this email response hope it helps
you need to have PHP installed on your machine in order

> > to see the pages created by PHPRunner.

> > PHP is a script engine available on most hostings. PHPRunner is the

> > application that creates pages for PHP. I hope this makes sense.

> >

> > You can install PHP at your local machine. Here is the step by step guide

> > to do that.

> > http://www.webcheatsheet.com/php/install_and_configure.php

> >

> > However as I know from our previous conversation your database is located

> > on the remote host. So you won't be able to run generated pages at your

> > computer even after installing PHP. Thus the preferred way to test your

> > app is to upload it to your hosting.