Hello All,

I am trying to produce a website which uses a database (using Dreamweaver MX/PHP/MySql). I have experiece with HTML but this is the first time I have played with PHP/Databases. I wish to test my site locally as I want to make use of Dreamweaver's database functions and my host does not allow remote access to my MySQL database. As a result of a previous post in this forum, I decided to instyall Apache, PHP and MySQl on my computer.

I installed the following:

Apache - Version 2.0.53
PHP - Version 4.3.10
MySQL - Version 4.1.10
MyPhpAdmin - Version 2.6.2 (I think)

Apache works fine with PHP and I get the PHP test page when I go to http://localhost:8080 (I used 8080 because I don't want anyone to access it, just me for testing purposes, is this right?). But when I try to access MySQL via myPhpAdmin, I get an error message. I think I have installed everything where I should have and have edited config files as shown in instructions.

I think I may have been following instructions for different versions of different programs. Can anyone help? If not, can anyone recommend a good, up to date, easy to understand guide to installing Apache/PHP/MySQL/MyPHPAdmin as I am willing to uninstall them all and start again. I have had sooooo much hassle with this and people have told me that its better to just do everything by code and then upload to my host to test, but I really want to make use of Dreamweaver MX's features.

Any help/advice will be greatly appreciated!

    Well if you cant get the programms to run i would recommend

    http://www.apachefriends.org/en/

    Its really easy to install you get everything with it and i never had any problems.

    Sorry im a newbie myself so i hope this helps.

      Might be of help to post the exact error message text.

        I will post the exact error message when I get home, as I am at work at the moment. I will also have a look at the webiste sugegsted to see if that makes it easier. 2 replies within 5 minutes - I am very impressed 🙂

          Well,

          On here you will find more people that just install from the .zip's and the msi's.

          www.apache.org
          www.mysql.com
          www.php.net
          http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/

          With just some MINIMAL reading you can get EVERYTHING setup in less than 20 minutes. The good part knowing how to install everything from scratch is that you learn. Learning on this board is what everything is about. You got replies because people like to help. I really like to help noobies because you guys are the ones who will be following up us "old" peoples code. :-D

          If you need any help installing on a 2000/XP/2003 machine let me know. Linux machines that isn't my forte.

          Chad

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