[newbies] mysql - getting started, php version differences, apache version differences

[Ammon Christiansen]

1) I don't know how to create the first database from the command 
interpreter in mysql.  mysql is installed and the daemon is running.  I 
just don't know what to type.  I know the use command for what database 
to use but don't know how to create the first table.  Do I just use a 
DDL create table ... sql statement.  Do I need to be root or anything 
when I run it?  How do I know which user and password to use when 
connecting to mysqld remotely

2)phpMySQLAdmin complains about calling the first mysql function.  I 
googled the error and it seems to be due to the library not being 
loaded, but I think it also might be that it doesn't know where to look 
for the library.  It is in an obscure path, not /usr/lib.  I'm running 
mandrake 9.1.  Thanks

Also, apache won't let my web server give a directory listing.  It says 
forbidden unless I have an index.whatever file.  I'm using the Apache 
advanced extranet server.

Also, maybe I'm remembering wrong but it seemed like _GET variables in 
php were automatically initialized before the start of the script as 
their variablenames, for example, I wouldn't have to manually set 
$pagenumber = $_GET["pagenumber"];  Is this in the php.ini file?
BTW, where should my php.ini file be.  I did phpinfo and it says it 
looks for it in /etc or /etc/php so I put a copy of it in /etc.  I 
suppose it depends on the php/apache installation, but I'd like to make 
sure it is reading the one I think it is so I can put extension=mysql.so 
so I can use mysql asap.

Thanks

Ammon

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