<newbie>How hard is to setup a mysql+php db for a site?</newbie>

[gutabo]

I'm learning php and I find it easy to use. How hard is to setup & maintain a db in mysql with php? I have almost complete access to an apache server.

Thanks in advance!

[EliteWeb]

Welp if its yer server then it takes a learning curve and theres lots of documents about it online. If its someone elses server like you have an administrator id check with them to see if they have phpMyAdmin installed which gives you database access via the web so you can manage everything and copy+paste the db setups scripts without having to go into console or anything its pretty simple and once you get it up yer set. Apache works well with PHP and mySQL if UNIX may already be installed so its just setting you up a login/password and a database for you to administer.

[dingman]

It's been a while since I used MySQL instead of PostgreSQL, but I think setup was easier when I did it with MySQL. The reference I found most useful when I was setting that up for the first time was MySQL & mSQL published by O'Reilly. (No affiliation, I just like their books most of the time.) The online docs for Apache and PHP are quite good too.

[jatar_k]

>>almost complete access

I assume this means there is an administrator. They should be able to set everything up for you. It isn't overly complex.

the two places to go are
mysql.com and php.net

most of the info you need to know is there.

[ergophobe]

Getting it to run is pretty easy. If I were setting up a live server with any sensitive information, I would be worried about security (independently of PHP/MySQL, but having those on there adds some additional concerns).

I would not under any circumstances store credit card information in a database on my server unless I really knew what I was doing.

Tom