Posted by Rik on 01/07/07 00:34

luvtopost@yahoo.com wrote:
> Rik wrote:
>>> Lots of prepacked easy packages. They don't care wether the
>>> computer is a laptop :P
>>
>> For Windows, XAMPP is a nice one. Installing Apache/MySQL/PHP
>> seperately is also possible, but I would not recommend it for a
>> beginner.
> So can i just download php from php.net and start learning on my WinXP
> laptop? I can wait to learn MYSQL later. Thanks.

Please do not toppost. http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html

I'd say you'd be making it difficult for yourself to try and add the MySQL
support later.
Install both MySQL & PHP. You can offcourse ignore MySQL for the time
being, but it will save you some headaches in future when you DO want to
start learning/using MySQL.
--
Rik Wasmus

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