ball420 Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 well here is the situation.... i'm learning PHP.."what a way to start" i'm in the process now of writing a registration form. but all tutorials i have found all use mysql as their databases. i was wondering if any other programs like access or excell can be used for these databases and if anyone can guide me the right way. or is their some place to get mysql for might i say free..... someone help!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Mysql is free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ball420 Posted January 25, 2007 Author Share Posted January 25, 2007 i'm so confused!!! please bear with me.... everything i look at says i need to pay?? i'm really missing it here help please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/Click "I can do it myself".You could just get some cheap hosting, from GoDaddy (php&mysql only 3.99/mo is good), and not worry about installing anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronister Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 As a beginner I suggest you set up a php/mysql webserver for testing. I like Xampp because it is a one file install package for Apache, PHP, MySql, PhpMyadmin, and a few other options as well. You can begin writing and testing code with a fully functional database server in minutes. (Free also)[code]http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html[/code] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ball420 Posted January 25, 2007 Author Share Posted January 25, 2007 thanks for the help i'm gonna get back at it tommarrow and let you know how it went. again thanks for the response. cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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