mySQL and phpmyadmin

[bodycount]

I dont know if this the right place for this.

Can any one help me set this up.

I want to run phpmyadmin with mysql and I dont know how to set it up.

I have installed

mySQL version 5.0
phpmyadmin 2.8.0.2
php 4.4.2
IIS5

I just can not get phpmyadmin to connect to mySQL

[Habtom]

Try getting WAMP5, which you can easily download and install.

Why IIS by the way?

Habtom

[bodycount]

The reason I put IIS on is because I did not now what else to start with, this is my first attempt at getting a mySQL server running on my local PC.

Any hints / tips would be great full btw what is wamp5

[dreamcatcher]

Yep, I agree with Habtom. Wamp is a windows installer that installs all you need at the click of a button. Its really that easy.

[en.wampserver.com...]

dc

[Flolondon]

[apachefriends.org...]

well the xampp server is also good. it comes with a mail system and ftp as well as apache, mysql and php..

[dreamcatcher]

There`s also PHP Triad:

[sourceforge.net...]

dc

[bodycount]

Thanks for that I have installed wamp5 it looks great, I have created a small DB and a php file just input data into the DB but it keeps coming up with

"Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /< on this server.
Apache/2.0.55 (Win32) PHP/5.1.2 Server at localhost Port 80"

what is wrong?

[Habtom]

Try disabling IIS or changing IIS port to something like 81.

They could be sharing the same port.

Habtom

[bodycount]

I have uninstalled IIS and using the one that came with WAMP5 so there should be no conflicts. I have noticed a couple of mysql tables with privaliges in them do i have to set them up first before I can input info into any DB?

If so how?