Cheers for all the help guys :thumbs:

Will give a few things a try tommorow at work, main prioroty is to get a mysql database up and password protected

get WAMP its very cool stuff :)

ive got an all in one set up on my home machine but i think ill try install them seperately at work as it will be for full on hosting of a web application

thanks for all the help guys :thumbs:

yes if its only for testing then all in one is fine, if your doing full on hosting, better to install all the bits seperatly to allow full customisation

I saw that but decided to go for the challenge of installing everything seperately - is much easier to use an all in one installer as above - I'd recommend Steve's link over mine unless you'd like a bit of a challenge!

just download xampp it has apache php and mysql all inbuilt in the package, it sets it up all for you

I've got a home development machine at home here. Currently running Apache 1.3.35 with PHP 5.1 and MySQL Server 5.0.

It took me a while to set it up but follow the installation instructions you should be fine.

See http://www.php.net, http://www.apache.org and http://www.mysql.com for the latest downloads

edit - fixed link

[Edited on 09-09-2006 by aPk]

ok thanks - ill have a crack at it today

you will need apache, php, or which is probably easier is an all in solution like xampp

ok thanks :thumbs:

How easy/difficult would it be to set my home machine up to run PHP/mysql? - would it need to be a web server or could i simply run the files locally just for testing purposes

[Edited on 09-09-2006 by Planty02]

its probably easier to setup than an access db, just install mysql and create a new instance in it, its quite straightforward and all GUI based

download mysql and have a play

I have thought about it but wasnt sure how to go about it - i have never set the server side of things up before (this is my uni placement year)

for an accesss database you will need to create an ODBC datasource and give it a name, have you not considered using SQL? far better

Hi people,

I need to be able to connect to an Access database that is on a web server using PHP and cant get it to work. The error message im getting says its trying to use an non-object (or something along those lines). can anyone help me out a little?

Also the server has PHP 4.4, should i update this, and how is it done.

Thanks guys :wave: