Tutorials - MySQL

SQL stands for "Structured Query Language". This is made of group of words which actually interacts with database. This language is used with almost all types of databases. But as our scope of study is MySQL, we will discuss SQL as it is used with MySQL. MySQL is the most widely used database with PHP applications and scripts over the web. Learning SQL and properties of MySQL is thus quite important. MySQL has a definite advantage on other databases. One of them is that it is free and open source. This database is available through the official website of MySQL. it is located at www.mysql.com.

If you are installing MySQL on windows as test database then you can find several compiled binaries of this software over internet along with PHP installer and PHPMyAdmin. These softwares installs all three programs on your system without much configuration.