a.. This should help you get php installed on IIS. a.. a.. http://www.php.net/downloads.php a.. PHP 4.2.2 installer [913Kb]- 22 July 2002 (CGI only, MySQL support built-in, packaged as Windows installer to install and configure PHP, and automatically configure IIS, PWS and Xitami, with manual configuration for other servers. N.B. no external extensions included)
There are few graphic tools for MySQL but here is a link to MySQL Front that helps some in familiarization with MySQL. http://www.anse.de/mysqlfront/ If you installed MySql, there should be MySQLAdmin in the fast start tray. If not check for ..\mysql\bin\winmysqladmin.exe and click on it. There should be a short start up form. Best of luck. -- Grampy Glenn Owensboro, Kentucky ** Proverbs are the literature of reason, or the statements of absolute truth, without qualification. Like the sacred books of each nation, they are the sanctuary of its intuitions. - Ralph Waldo Emerson ** "Steve Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hello all. > > I am new to PHP having used ASP for some time. (Seems a lot of us are moving > this way) > What I'm stuck on is this; > > I need to build a DB in MySQl and then use PHP to display it. > My question is how you get a test environment working on XP Pro. > > I understand how to call up a database table from say Access because you can > develop the DB using Office then use SQL strings to call it using ADODB > connections. > > How though do you make a MySQL database in a windows environment? Can it be > done or is it done in Unix or Linux? If so are there any windows based > programs to develop a MySQL database? > > I've been to www.mysql.com and downloaded the software for XP. > So how do I use it? I ran the set-up prog and nothing seemed to happen. > > PHP - can you configure IIS to run PHP? if so how? > > Sorry if these questions are totally obvious to you all but I've been online > searching for a couple of hours without any answer to these questions. I > might be asking the wrong questions. I hope I am anyway! > > Thanks in advance. > Steve. > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
