How to setup for the course?

• Working knowledge of PHP and MySQL

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  • Review the topics in the PHP and MySQL course.
  • You can take this course if you feel comfortable
    with the majority of the topics covered

• How to setup MySQL?

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  • Create a new database "sweetscomplete"
  • Create a new user "sweetscomplete" with rights to the database
  • Import the file "sweetscomplete.sql"

• How to setup for the labs?

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  • Locate the Working Files folder for this course
  • Copy the folder sweetscomplete to your webserver document root
  • In your browser test http://localhost/sweetscomplete/
  • Copy the folder verybadwebsite to your webserver document root
  • In your browser test http://localhost/verybadwebsite/
  • To write code for the labs, make sure you have access to either a
  • text editor, or an IDE (Integrated Development Environment)

• How to run demos?

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  • Create a folder demo off your webserver document root
  • Locate the Working Files folder for this course
  • Copy any files in the Working Files/Chapter XXX folder to demo as appropriate