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Old Jan 13th, 2006, 15:17
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advice on php/database for a newbie

Hi everyone,

On a previous thread, I was advised to use oscommerce and it states to create a database and user using phpmyadmin.

I am completely new to the world on php - and whilst I've checked my host supports php - im now lost!

Can anyone point me in the direction of a tutorial explaining phpmyadmin, php or give any advice?

Many thanks!

Ben
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Re: advice on php/database for a newbie

first off check www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/
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Re: advice on php/database for a newbie

Tried that - just got a page not found message!
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Re: advice on php/database for a newbie

Okay, email your host and ask them the url to the control panel for your account.
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Re: advice on php/database for a newbie

I will give that ago and let you know! Thanks!!
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Re: advice on php/database for a newbie

Most hosts will use phpmyadmin because its free and its powerful, but they may use something else. Either way, it all really is the same thing. Some key things to know in the process of setting up your database is knowing how to create users, which you can do with phpmyadmin, but most hosts use a seperate program for that, and then how to connect the user to the database. Becareful though because most hosts when you create a table or a user will have YOUR user name prefixed to it. So you create the database "test" when you connect to it, it will most likely be called "yourname_test" see? Im pretty sure your host will have a faq or something to supply you with, but its all quite simple.
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