MySQL queries from PHP

[brianbayer1 0]

ok, i am new to both php and mysql. i downloaded the apache2triad from the same name .net

i downloaded several books relating to php/mysql web developement and none of them seem to work with mysql 5.0

i can connect to mysql from my page using php, but i can not seem to create tables and fields and such.

any books you would recommend for use with wamp? apache2, php5, mysql5 in windows env.

secondly, if no books would be available yet, where would you recommend to find how to send queries to mysql5 from php5?