ANN: Setting up PHP and MySQL for newbies

Report · Apr 09, 2008

WebAssist has recently released two new solution recipes to help designers
make the jump to building dynamic sites. Each solution recipe describes step
by step how to set up PHP and MySQL on your XP or Vista systems. You can
find them on the Solution Recipe page:

Installing PHP and MySQL on Windows Vista
Installing PHP and MySQL on Windows XP
http://www.webassist.com/professional/products/solutionrecipes.asp

Each of these Solution Recipes include PDFs that you can print out or read
on screen.

We also have steps outlined for the Mac in PDF format, one for 10.4.x and
the other for 10.5.x:

10.4.x:
http://www.webassist.com/media/professional/support/PDFs/InstallingPHP-OSX-10-4_PDF.pdf

10.5.x:
http://www.webassist.com/media/professional/support/PDFs/InstallingPHP-OSX-10-5_PDF.pdf

All content is freely available. Go get'em!

Best - Joe

Joseph Lowery
VP of Marketing, WebAssist - http://www.webassist.com
Author, Dreamweaver CS3 Bible - http://www.idest.com/dreamweaver/

Report · Apr 10, 2008

David Power's book "The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3 with CSS, Ajax, and PHP" from the Friends of Ed Adobe Learning Library (ISBN: 978-1-59059-859-7) is very good and I recommend this book to anyone. What makes it even better is that David pays attention to the small things that make a big difference and his book Covers Mac and Windows setups with Apache and IIS etc. (Personally I use MAMP/Pro on my Macbook with CS3 web premium. Works Great.
Regards
Emile