MySQL / PHP question

[v-design]

Hello, my name is Tom and I would like to learn more about MySQL and PHP. The only thing i know is that you can make databases with this. What things can you build and how is it updatable from the home PC? Where can I learn it. Are there any good help tools for it?

Thanks in advance,

Tom

[Brian Asselin]

Not much help, becuase I'm pretty new to it myself, but what I did was go to http://www.hotscripts.com and looked for interesting scripts (such as Polls, Mailing Lists, Banner rotators, etc..) and learned how to set-up MySQL databases this way. You can make just about anything if you learn the languages, or you can use pre made scripts..

How do you mean updateable from your PC? you can do some things offline, others you need to be connected to the server.

[petesmc]

All i can say is that:

Goto:

http://www.webmasterbase.com/article.php3?aid=228&pid=0

Then:

http://devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/PHP101_1
http://devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/PHP101_3
http://devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/PHP101_3
http://devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/PHP101_4
http://devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/PHP101_5

Then:

http://devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/PHP101_1

If you have taken all that in which is a total of 200+ pages of text, then go read the PHP / MySQL manaul located at:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/
http://www.mysql.com/doc/

I would say that no one has every read the manuals from back to front but they are a great guide.:

Then, I can recommend this book:


http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1861002963/o/qid=980717664/sr=8-1/ref=aps_sr_b_1_1/105-4910608-3758356

Hope all that helps...