php/ my sql

[jamesquarles]

I'm very new with php/ my sql. All I wont to do is make the most simple database to start with. What all do i need to install on my computer to do this. Thx. and again I have been working with php/my sql for only four days and still really don't understand the difference so please keep it very simple THX........

[Spookster]

Well for starters you can set up a web server running apache, php and mysql on your own computer. For that you can use PHPDEV. Read more about it here

http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3992

Here is a good starting tutorial with PHP and MySQL:

http://www.mysql.com/articles/ddws/

Other than that you should learn PHP and SQL. For PHP documentation and tutorials you can find that here:

www.php.net
www.zend.com

For learning SQL you can start here:

www.sqlcourse.com

[whackaxe]

for a webserver i would reccomend www.aprelium.com abyss web server is easy to use (by far compared to apache) and pretty powerfull. they tel you how to install PHP and you just have to read the mySQL dcoumentation to set that up. (setting up PHP for mysql is nealry not requierd in most cases)

[STDestiny]

Just a note, James. I agree that Abyss is a really good web server. However, if you're just going to be using the server to prepare your site for another host, you may wish to go with apache, since it is one of the more widespread servers.

If you know which host you're going to use, find out what they use and install that. If you've got broadband and will host your site yourself, go ahead and install abyss.

[jamesquarles]

Thx for the help spokster and every one else that helped me!