PHP and MySQL Basics: Software Needed

PHP and MySQL Basics: Software Needed

Posted by Daniel at 1:53 am

Now that you have a little background about PHP, let’s now talk about the tools/software that you need in this lesson.

WHAT DO YOU NEED…

1. A Web Server - Apache / IIS will work too..
   
2. PHP - so that our web server can understand our php file.
   
3. Database - MySQL
4. Text Editor - Notepad, Dreamweaver, PHP Designer or any text editor that you want..
5. Web Browser - you can use any broswer of your choice(Firefox, IE, SAFARI, OPERA, Chrome)..
6. Operating System - Linux, Windows or Mac OS.
   

In this tutorial you may use any of the following:

LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MysQL, PHP

WAMP stands for Windows, Apache, MysQL, PHP

MAMP stands for Mac, Apache, MysQL, PHP

XAMPP stands for Any OS, Apache, MysQL, PHP, Perl

choose any of the above mentioned depending on the operating system you’re using, this is includes all the source code, binaries, folders etc.. in just one installation!

DOWNLOAD LINK…

download the latest stable package..

XAMPP – http://www.apachefriends.org/en/

WAMP – http://www.wampserver.com/en/

MAMP – http://www.mamp.info/en/download.html

for linux users you may just download xampp..

After downloading Install it and now you’re good to go…

* for windows user, open your favorite browser then type http://localhost on the address bar

* for mac users do the same thing but put ~youruserdirectory after http://localhost, so if your userdirectory on mac is daniel, you need to type http://localhost/~daniel