PHP and MySQL Web Development 4th Ed-tqw-_darksiderg

Installing Apache, PHP, and MySQL Under Unix
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You can check your database via the command line like this:
# mysql -u root –p
Enter password:
mysql> show databases;
+--------------------+
| Database |
+--------------------+
| mysql |
| test |
+--------------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Type quit or \q to quit the MySQL client.
The default MySQL configuration allows any user access to the system without providing
a username or password.This is obviously undesirable.
The final compulsory piece of MySQL housekeeping is deleting the anonymous
accounts. Opening a command prompt and typing the following lines accomplish that task:
# mysql -u root –p
mysql> use mysql
mysql> delete from user where User=’’;
mysql> quit
You then need to type
mysqladmin -u root -p reload
for these changes to take effect.
You should also enable binary logging on your MySQL server because you will need
it if you plan to use replication.To do this, first stop the server:
mysqladmin -u root -p shutdown
Create a file called /etc/my.cnf to be used as your MySQL options file. At the
moment, you need only one option, but you can set several here. Consult the MySQL
manual for a full list.
Open the file and type
[mysqld]
log-bin
Save the file and exit. Then restart the server by running mysqld_safe.
Installing PHP
You should still be acting as root; if not, use su to change back to root.
Before you can install PHP, you need to have Apache preconfigured so that it knows
where everything is. (We come back to this topic later when setting up the Apache server.)
Change back to the directory where you have the source code:
# cd /usr/src
# gunzip -c httpd-2.2.9.tar.gz | tar xvf -