Sams Teach Yourself MySQL in 21 Days, Second Edition

Q&A

Q1:	Where can I learn more about PHP?
A1:	Visit http://www.php.net/, the official PHP Web site, and http://www.phpbuilder.com/, which contains some excellent resources. There are also other Sams titles on the subject that are worth studying if you want to put PHP to serious use. For more hands-on experience with PHP, you will need a Web server that runs Apache onto which you can install PHP. Visit http://httpd.apache.org/ and search for “LAMP” resources, this being an acronym for the Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP combination of software.
Q2:	Why should I use PHP rather than another language?
A2:	A wide range of server-side languages currently are on the market. PHP has the advantage that it's free, easy to learn, and fast to develop in, and ...