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PHP Crash Course
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PHP Crash Course

by Matt Smith
January 2025
Intermediate to advanced
728 pages
18h 40m
English
No Starch Press
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B DATABASE SETUP

Part VI of this book outlined how to use PHP to interact with MySQL and SQLite databases. This appendix covers how to make sure these database management systems are set up on your local computer.

MySQL

MySQL is available in various editions. For the purposes of this book, the free MySQL Community Server is sufficient. We’ll discuss how to install it for your chosen operating system.

macOS and Windows

To install MySQL Community Server on macOS or Windows, visit https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/. The website should detect the operating system you’re using, so you just need to download the latest version of the appropriate ...

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