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Wednesday Nights, July 27 through August 10, 2005
Time: 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Location: Caltek.net on Hoover in L.A.
Host: Peter Benjamin (email pete_AT_peterbenjamin_(dot)_com)


*RESERVATIONS REQUIRED!*
Please RSVP by emailing pete_AT_peterbenjamin_(dot)_com

There is room for 7 desktops and 7 laptops. First-come, First ***Qualified*** Hardware/OS/DL, gets first served (Read the REQUIREMENTS below.). Due to limited seating you may be bumped to the next week. If demand is great, then there may be a fourth Wednesday night.

*DESCRIPTION*
The goals are to provide attendees with a working AMP environment to enable them to start programming PHP CGI reading and writing to a database.

• Apache configured to support multiple virtual hosts, that is two or more domain names
• MySQL installed and working from the command line
• PHP configured for CGI security and testing with phpinfo, hello world, and database read and write.
• You will learn where to store PHP CGI scripts and how to invoke them from a web page, and what URLs in Apache to get to those web pages.
• You will get PHP code to open a connection to a MySQL database, and SELECT and INSERT into a table.

This will be an Install Fest format with the goal of achieving a working AMP environment. There will be an expert to assist you installing, editing the configuration files, and testing each step.

New! A hands-on workshop focused on MySQL and phpMyAdmin is scheduled for Monday evenings at CalTek starting this Monday, July 11 at 7:00pm.

*Date/Time:* Monday, July 11 at 7:00pm
*Location:* Caltek.net on Hoover in L.A.
*Cost:* Free
*Seating:* limited, first-come first served
*Instructor:* David Benjamin (david_AT_peterbenjamin_(dot)_com)

This will be workshop format with the goal of learning by doing. There will be brief introductions followed by "now you do it" exercises. The instructor will give individual help and share answers to the most common questions.

The evening's goal is to do a few SELECTs and a few INSERTs and UPDATEs. To make this a little more interesting, we'll use phpMyAdmin, a web-based visual tool that saves a lot of typing and syntax lookups.


*workshop schedule and additional information in further reading section.*

Class #8 (the last class) of the MySQL class is scheduled for this Monday, June 27 at 7:00pm at CalTek and will cover Importing and Exporting Data Statements.

*Complete syllabus for Class #8 are continued in the further reading section.*

Class #7 of the MySQL class is scheduled for this Monday, June 20 at 7:00pm at CalTek and will continue with the topic of database design theory and joins.

*Additional information and links to class diagrams are continued in the further reading section.*

Class #6 of the MySQL class is scheduled for this Monday, June 13at 7:00pm at CalTek and will cover some Theory and Joins. This is a two-part class and the topic will be continued next week.

*Complete syllabus for Class #6 are continued in the further reading section.*