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1.1. The Required Tools

To put up your dynamic Web site, you need to have access to the following three software tools:

A Web server: The software that delivers your Web pages to the world
PHP: The scripting language that you'll use to write the programs that provide the dynamic functionality for your Web site
MySQL: The RDBMS that will store information for your Web database application

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