4: Installing PHP and SQL

The first task is to work through the installation steps including installing a text editor, installing MAMP or XAMPP (or equivalent), creating a MySql Database, and writing a PHP program.

Videos

• Installing MAMP on Macintosh for PHP/MySQL
• Installing MAMP on Windows-10 for PHP/MySQL
• Installing XAMPP on Windows for PHP/MySQL

References

• Installation Handout
• Book: Chapter 3 - Web Servers
• Bonus: Brian Behlendorf on the Apache Software Foundation

Assignment

• Assignment Specification

Discussions

• Installing PHP and SQL (Login Required)
  

Tools

• Peer Graded: Installation Screen Shots (Login Required)