Install WampServer
Before we start working with PHP/MySQL, you need to install WampServer first in your local computer. WampServer will allow you to run PHP script in your local computer without accessing live server.
Running PHP script locally will also speed up your development.
First download WampServer from http://www.wampserver.com/.
Download WampServer
In step # 3 select 32bit or 64bit.
PHP Requirements
Download PHP from: http://www.php.net/downloads.php
Download MySQL from: http://www.mysql.com/downloads/
Download Apache from: http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi
If you don’t like to install each application separately, you can install WampServer from http://www.wampserver.com/.
What is PHP
PHP is one of the best scripting language alternatives to Microsoft’s ASP. PHP is known as the language used by popular Content Management System or CMS like WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla.
PHP is used along with MySQL as the database backend. Both software are free and is licensed under GNU.
In this tutorial you will learn how to make PHP script using step-by-step procedure.