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DJKAOS
11-20-2001, 02:44 AM
So I have MySQL running and have made some databases.

I tried to write a simple PHP script and put in on my schools server but I guess it doesnt like PHP.

I'm just trying to learn PHP, and I need it to connect with MySQL.

Is there some way I can make my computer a server..(that only I can access, I dont want it to be on the internet). And so I can write PHP scripts and connect to my MySQL database, so that I can work on my school project at home. (I could go do all of this at school with VBSCRIPT and ASP and SQL2000, but I freaking HATE VBSCRIPT, and its a pain to go to school all the time.)

I'm running Linux Mandrake 8.1 and I think Apache is installed, not sure about PHP...but I'm possitive MySQL is installed because I have been using it a lot.

Thanks for any help.

WilliamWallace
11-21-2001, 01:21 AM
you need to install apache with php support. grab nifty program called apachetoolbox that will install and configure everything for you. just make sure to backup your databases as it might remove those during install.