You searched online for these answers?? http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.iis.php to install IIS
Where did you install mysql to? If you went with the default installation, it will be in c:\mysql right? Run the program mysql.exe in the /lib folder and learn how to do the commands that create databases. It's by far the easiest manner to do it in. As for connecting to the mysql from php (which I assume you wish to do), then see the mysql functions in the php manual (http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mysql.php). First off, learn SQL though. You'll find it's similar to just about any query language (SQL - Structured Query Language: quote from their website "the most common standardised language user to access databases"). Honestly, once you've got the hang of doing database queries through a command line, moving to php to do it is a doddle (basically you just get php to execute these same queries, meaning there is no new learning to be done) Good luck :) Ross > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 11 August 2002 22:35 > To: Php-Windows > Subject: [PHP-WIN] Newbie needs help. > > > 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 > > > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
