Any free web hosts where I can tinker with mysql and php?

[FortFunFoSho]

Hey everyone, just starting to learn php.

Want to try and mess around with it and a mysql database.

Are there any free web providers in which I can do these things?

Thanks in advance!

 

[bGIveNs33]

There's a company called "RossMan" that might could help you out 😉

-Billy

 

[Colt45]

i think www.lycos.co.uk has php & sql for free, well at least they did. although there are ads, and ads suck

 

[FortFunFoSho]

ads do indeed suck.

hmm..

 

[littleprince]

I think its called "Apache, mySQL, php on your home PC Co."

Its not that hard to setup to play around with.

 

[BeauJangles]

Yeah, setting it up on your home pc takes about 10 minutes at most.

 

[FortFunFoSho]

Since I have never done that before, what do I need to install?

Mysql, Apache, and what else?

 

[Staples]

Apache, mysql and PHP. You just have to change a few lines in the httpd.conf script to make it work. It is documented so you will understand it. Read the readme that comes with php and it will tell you how to make it work.

 

[ComputerMonkey]

This is all that you need. It is Apache, MySQL, and PHP all preconfigured to run on a local machine. You just install it. You don't need to configure ANYTHING. I use it at home and at work for testing.

Unless of course you want to learn how to set everything up. If you just want to play with PHP and MySQL without the hassle then it's great.

 

[Staples]

Wow, that is pretty cool. Like someone said before, it only takes 10 minutes to set it up if you know what to do but anything that cuts off 8 of those minutes is even better.