The easiest way in most Linux/BSD distros is to use the default package manager, this way you are likely to install the version that is recommended and tested for your distro version and install the...

<?
//usage
$strength_value = CheckPasswordStrength("$password");
echo $strength_value;

if($strength_value<3){
echo 'Weak Password';
}

?>

dunno about a free (tool) to do this, but if you can export your database as sql.. (not sure if you can do this in access, i know you can in that other cheap ms database [sql server]).. but if you...

Writing PHP is just the same as writing HTML... except it gets interpreted on the server side. So using Notepad is fine, but you will find that there are some pretty cool IDEs for PHP that can be...

Hey if your a newbie on windows i'd use EasyPhp... its a good way to drop everything you need onto your windows box without worrying about it..

http://www.easyphp.org/

one draw back is its...