Re: Getting started - what do I need?

Yes indeed, PHP and MySQL are free ... welcome to the world of open source software! What type of computer operating system are you using? Does it have a web server? You may want to consider downloading Apache as well (also free). There are lots of helpful tutorials on the net that can get you going if you don't want to buy a book right away. Mick On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Indera wrote: > Hello, > > I have never used php or mysql before and want to know what tools I should use so that I can > start > learning php and mysql. I would like to build basic things like a login page and forms that > append > the data to a database. I went to the bookstore and think the book PHP fast and easy web > development > is something that I could handle. I've read through some of the posts on this news group > and > realized that there are tools that I can use as front ends for these packages. I went to > mysql.com > and php.net and it seems that i can download both of these packages to my computer for free. > Any > help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > Indera > > > > -- ################################ Michael Hall admin@openlearningcommunity.org m.hall@latis.net.au http://openlearningcommunity.org