Hey, just figured you all deserved an update, since you spent so much time helping me (even tho this is a month later yikes)...I just wanted to get on with learning/practicing php etc. and have a web...

I hear ya, you have gone 'above and beyond', lol, when I get this figured out, will post my 'mistakes' for other hard case noobs like me to learn from....or I will end up picking door number 2 (the...

I'm baa-aaack ha ha..well, could only get the advice to use php4.3.11 for some reason. And I tried to install that using your super guide but don't know what the adjustments would be...could you be...

Well, dotted the I's and crossed the t's (even dotted the t's and crossed the eyes-getting cross eyed- to be sure) HONEST, no error messages that u speak of, everything was ok until I created the...

Well Troy, I did uncomment that line (ha ha, I'm picking up the lingo, and funny thing, stuff is starting to dawn on me how all this is done) with my very narrow grasp of this, all I can figure is...

this is what's on line 8 of the code I pasted into that dbtest.php file created for c:/www/dbtest.php: if (!$cnn = mysql_connect($db_server, $db_user, $db_pwd)) {
echo mysql_error();.. am told...

Followed the rest of the instructions to a T (they were simple and clear enough, but every time I get this: Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() in C:\www\dbtest.php on line 8 when...

Thax Troy (remembered to reboot puter this time after uninstalling everyting mysql related...hope that's what it was, crossing fingers lol) ummm- had to add this: in the box that said 'MySql' as...

k Troy, was hoping my next post would say I'm finished, and don't need to trifle you again but....using the MySql installer, clicking all the defaults, I get as far as "Install as Windows Service,...

*edit...http://localhost

lol..you have patience for the noobs (boy, I'm slow lol) getting good at uninstalling, have done it like 40 times, but what I didn't do afterwards was RESTART, but have restarted just now, cause it...

Sorry, I didn't edit that silly message quick enuff, didn't want to waste your time, currently I have the Apache working again (phew) but don't know why it always says I have TWO on the system tray...

Thanx Troy..will try the PHP again (ya, I DON'T know what I'm doing, am counting on 'osmosis'...actually just doing it over and over and ..... :mrgreen:

Me again (the pest)..having a problem rite off the bat with php install..winrarred the php dld into a folder (C:/php/php50) but when right clicked on the php.in recommended file, and copied it, then...

Thank you so much TROY!!! Have gone from 'this is a totally foreign country what am I doing messing with stuff like this" to, hmmm, some things starting to sink in, anyway, I have Apache installed,...

OMG...just sitting here (burnt out after trying to install various versions of Apache/php etc- the latest a bundled package of all three, Apache actually loaded, but there was a file saying I should...

Found your site thru W3Schools, gave me new hope (almost ready to give up
on installing Apache..) basically I install Apache (from Apache.org-assume stable version..apache 2.0.54-win32-x86no_ssl) ...