MySql database / webserver / php question. (look inside)

[cidion]

I've installed PHP and MySql from Entropy, in hopes of doing the following, and I don't know if that's what i need to do.

I want to be able to have a folder, (let's call the folder 'downloads') that I can dump a few files into, and have that reflected in a webpage making those files available for others to download.

Since i'm running the webserver on my G4, that would allow me to have an alias that i could just copy files to for others to get.

I installed MySql, and I think it is working fine, but that's as far as I know how to go. I'm not even sure how it works. I just heard i needed it installed. (yeah, I know, I'm behind times)

First: Is this even possible to someone who doesn't know much about PHP and databases.

Second: um...I can't think of a second.

thanks for the help.

[hayne]

I want to be able to have a folder, (let's call the folder 'downloads') that I can dump a few files into, and have that reflected in a webpage making those files available for others to download.


There is no need for MySql or PHP for this. It is very simple.
Just make a folder 'downloads' under the "Sites" folder (in your Home folder) and then give people the appropriate URL, Something like:
yourIpAddressOrName/~yourName/downloads/
and they should get a web page listing all the files as links they can click on.