Local PHP Preview?

Hello all
I am currently using the standard version of snow leopard. I am trying to set up a web development environment. However the problem I am facing is this. When previewing and working with PHP files I keep have to make manual adjustments to url to get them accessed via "http://" rather than "file:///". Would this still be an issue were to bite the bullet and install Snow Leopard Server on my iMac. I am going to be doing a lot of Web development over the coming months. So I want to get a set-up that will save me having to mess around with editing with invisible files etc.
Any help and advice would be greatly recieved.
Thank You
Derek

why not go turn on System Preferences > Sharing > Web Sharing
put your files in ~/Sites and point your browser to http://localhost/~username

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This thread most similarly matches my issue and themost detailed: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=978104
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Please read the link to the previous closed thread in my first post as it explains it pretty clearly. It is all about a file with extension .php versus .html.
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I am very clear that Safari cannot run server side script locally. That is not the issue as that is a given.
"What I am expecting Safari to do" - and what all developers are expecting Safari to do when it encounters a local PHP file (a file with extension .php versus .html) is to render the HTML and display the page - not the source code. who wants to see the source code when trying to preview the layout and look and feel of a page.
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