Installfest

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.