This guide explains how to create a MySQL database and table using PHP and how to create them manually via phpMyAdmin using XAMPP stack.

XAMPP extends theseacronyms, and provides a one-click installation of this stack onLinux, Windows, Mac, or Solaris, along with a handful of otherhelpful applications and services.

XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - just download, extract and start.