Sams Teach Yourself PHP, MySQL and Apache All in One (3rd Edition)

This is the first of three installation-related chapters, in which you will learn how to set up your development environment. We'll tackle the MySQL installation first because building the PHP module requires bits of the MySQL installation to be complete, if you're going to use MySQL with PHP.

In this chapter, you will learn

• How to install MySQL

• Basic security guidelines for running MySQL

• How to work with the MySQL user privilege system