Chapter 1. Installing and Configuring MySQL
Welcome to the first hour of Sams Teach Yourself PHP, MySQL, and Apache in 24 Hours. This is the first of three “installation” hours, in which you will learn how to set up your development environment. We’ll tackle the MySQL installation first, because the PHP installation is much simpler when MySQL is already installed.
In this hour, you will learn
How to install MySQL
Basic security guidelines for running MySQL
How to work with the MySQL user privilege system
How to Get MySQL
The method you’ll use to get MySQL depends on which distribution you want. Methods range from downloading a large file (or several large files) to buying an off-the-shelf product.
MySQL AB distributes the open source version of MySQL ...
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