Free PHP & MySQL?

[=uNiTy=]

Are there any sites that offer free PHP and MySQL hosting? I only need like 50 mb, and i can always use a dot tk thing for my domain...

[aym]

www.tripod.co.uk

I didn't get the .tk part, could you please explain more?

[=uNiTy=]

www.dot.tk

free domain rerouting service

instead of geocities.com/***** you can have *****.tk point to the same site for free. in other words a top level domain name is not necessary. I only need it to learn php in the first place

[Metaphorically]

If all you want to do is learn PHP & MySQL, host them yourself. Install Apache on your own machine, then install MySQL and PHP. The url for your site will be localhost (127.0.0.1) instead of a hosted domain (like the .tk), but otherwise it's the same. Visitors just have to type in your ip if they want to see your site.

[=uNiTy=]

thanx for the info, but i have already done that...
check this out...

[Metaphorically]

I got lost in all the Linux vs MS flaming. I have it set up at home on Windows XP without any problem. I also have a hosted site that runs some unix variant (probably Linux, but it doesn't much matter to me). I test my code locally then I upload it.

Take it one step at a time. Does Apache work? Can it serve up a static html page at http://localhost/? Does MySQL work? Can you run one of the MySQL samples through the command-line MySQL client? Next, does PHP work? Can you write a simple (read: no queries) PHP page and have it served up by Apache? Finally, try the whole thing and what do you get?

Even if you were to pay to have a site hosted, you'd still want a local development sandbox. It's not practical (in my limited experience) to develop on a live site.

[ffish]

Try www.freewebspace.net