Setting up a personal webserver on your local pc
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I had a late supper with my brother Fahmy and we talked a little bit about learning php & mysql.
I am glad that I now have a fellow amateur php learner to share experiences. As a first step you need to get yourself aquainted to Hotscripts.com which is a great resource website for free and commercial web scripts, applications and tools.
The next thing is to set up a personal webserver which is able to run php & mysql. I searched on hotscripts and found phpdev which provides all the webserver solutions in one bundled install package. This means it comes bundled with an Apache webserver, the mySQL server and the PHP intepreter.
These are really the only 3 things (or in one phpdev bundle) that you need to run a php & mysql ready personal webserver on your local PC.
So once you've this up and running, you need to play around with any of the free (or otherwise) php scripts available on hotscripts... (look under php scripts).
For content management systems, I'd recommend Drupal and its cousin Civicspace. For forums I'd recommend phpBB. For blogs, IMHO the best out there is WordPress.
Good luck and have fun! Feel free to drop by here and discuss this on my forums.
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Creating MySQL Database
Bro How would i go and create a database on MySql and than what comes next .... as of now have downloaded phpdev and Drupal... I have already install phpdev but trying to workout on how to install drupal
Creating MySQL Database
I usually use phpmyadmin to create mysql databases. you should have this in the phpdev bundle.
Setting up a personal
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sounds like a lot of stuff to learn.