Creating PHP and MySQL Website With WebMatrix

Step 1 : Requirements

1. Microsoft WebMatrix
   For the installation of Microsoft WebMatrix you can see in the url How To Install Microsoft WebMatrix.
2. MySQL Database
   For the installation of mysql you can see in the url How To Install MySQL Database Server On Windows 7 .
3. Creating directory for project PHP Website under the “…My Web Sites” directory, for example “C:Userssandy raDocumentsMy Web SitesDnD”.

Step 2 : Creating PHP Site

1. Open Microsoft WebMatrix, Go to Start Menu –> All Programs –> Microsoft WebMatrix –> Microsoft WebMatrix. You will see a window that looks like this :
   
2. You will see there are four main options :
   • My Site
   • Site From Web Gallery
   • Site From Template
   • Site From Folder
   
3. To get started with our PHP Website , select “Site from Folder”.
   
4. After finished installation, You should see a window that looks like this :
   

   You will see :

   1. URL, this is address of your site (example : http://localhost:27598)
   2. Path, this is path address of directory to save your the site (example : C:UsersSandy RaDocumentsMy Web SitesDnD).

Step 3 : Open The Workspace and Creating PHP File

1. Click the Files workspace selector to open the Files workspace.
2. In the navigation pane on the left, right click the “DnD” Directory, and then click New File to creating the “PHP” file.
   
3. If you see the “Choose a File Type” window :
   1. Choose an PHP file, and then in the “Name” textfield type “InfoPHP.php” for rename “PHPPage.php”
   2. And then click the “OK” button.
   
4. The next step, if you see the “PHPInfo.php” file in the workspace, now you are ready to write PHP code, type below code into it :

   <?php phpinfo(); ?>

   and then save this file.

5. To launch the “InfoPHP.php” file in your browser, Click the “Run”button in the WebMatrix ribbon and select your favorite web browser.
   
6. You should see a window that looks like this :
   

Step 4 : Creating PHP with MySQL Database in the Microsoft WebMatrix 

For the create PHP with MySQL Database in the Microsoft WebMatrix,

1. Configuring MySQL Database Connections With Microsoft WebMatrix
2. Checking your MySQL Database Connections
3. Creating Table In MySQL Database With Microsoft WebMatrix

You can see in the url Creating and Configuring MySQL Database With WebMatrix.