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“In this article series, you will learn how the three (free)
products Apache, PHP and MySQL can be used to connect a database to
a web page. These popular technologies are used all over the web,
for countless purposes. Maybe you need to store customer
information for your company, or maybe you just want to collect
e-mail addresses from your friends? Thing is, you can use this
technique to store any kind of data. It’s all up to your own
imagination!”
“In this first article, we’ll show you how the technique works,
and then how to set up and make the necessary connections between
the software components on your system. Also, please note that all
the software installations in this article will be made from
source. We do this to ensure the instructions apply to as many
platforms as possible. If you prefer to install a binary package of
one of the software components, and such package exists, please
feel free to do so. However, keep in mind that compiling from
source is not hard at all, and it ensures the binaries are compiled
exactly as you want them.”
“As stated, three components will be used to connect a database
to a web page: Apache, PHP and MySQL. So, let’s look at what role
each component plays?”