To : Ewwa
first, PHP is not really so hard. Some people take it in 2 days, some others take it in one week or more. I suppose your are using a windows machine. So, when you try to install MySQL, it will tell you to use the default directory which is C:\MySQL. The moment you finish installing the MySQL, C:\MySQL directory is created. Inside the MySQL directory, there are folders like bin, data and so on.
In order to use the MySQL (we usually use MySQL from MS-DOS prompt), there is some GUI apps that make things easier for first timer, but I would suggest you to use the MS-DOS prompt.
In order to use the MySQL from Dos prompt, you need to see some path in autoexec.bat file so the OS will know where to find the MySQL executables. Ok, open up the autoexec.bat, right click and select EDIT.
type
SET PATH=C:\MySQL\Bin
and save it.
restart your OS.
then open up msdos prompt, type mysqld and press enter, the database server will start running. So in order to access the database server in MS-DOS prompt, type mysql and press enter.
Once you enter, you can do things like create table, insert, update, delete records and more. So if you can come to here, then try a search on MySQL administration on the Internet, otherwise people can hack into your database server from the outside. If you need help, feel free to post...
