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 is a popular open-source software package that facilitates setting up a local server environment for web development. It includes several services like Apache (web server), MySQL (database ...

Last week in Gearhead I discussed the struggle to get my hosting provider to give me a server with the version of PHP I needed to run a PHP-based groupware system.