PHP/MySQL Tutorial: How to Use PHP and MySQL?

Nowadays PHP is an alternative to Microsoft's Active Server Page (ASP) technology. It is an open source server-side language, which is used for creating dynamic web pages, which will be embedded in HTML.

MySQL is a freely available open source Relational Database Management System [RDBMS], a database engine of sorts that uses Structured Query Language (SQL).

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PHP/MySQL Tutorial includes:

• A short introduction what is PHP and what it is used for;

• What is MySQL and what are its benefits;

• Learn how to create a MySQL database and user - this is an important section when you try to install a ready-made PHP/MySQL script on your website;

• Learn how to remove a MySQL database and user;

• Learn how to manage MySQL databases with phpMyAdmin - learn how to back up and restore MySQL database and how to use MySQL Access Host;

• Learn how to connect PHP scripts with MySQL data;

• PHP code to connect to the Database;

• Learn how to execute commands on the server;

• Learn how to display table data in HTML;

• Learn how to select individual records;

• Learn how to add MySQL access hosts;

• Information about Zend Optimizer;

• Learn how to install Pear modules.

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