miscellaneous

i assume css, html, and a database language at least.

just interested in what languages are needed to program a game

Most of the server code is in PHP. There's a handful of bash scripts I use to automate repetitive maintenance tasks and even a bit of Java for the currently offline IRC bot. The database is MySQL.

On the frontend, it's HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

always wanted to learn PHP, but you need a server to use it dont you? anyways, ive got my hands full learning java at uni atm.

maybe i'll make it a future project to learn PHP lol

PHP is actually pretty easy to learn, there are heaps of tutorials (good ones) for it.

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

Yep, I use XAMPP, Its a great offline development tool, I do have my own web space that I can develop on, but when I am offline I can still work on my stuff.

i just grab Apache Web Server, MySQL and PHP off the repos