# Asp / php ABSOLUTE beginner

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**Created:** [September 11, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/asp-php-absolute-beginner/162266 "2005-09-11T17:00:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![mmay321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mmay321](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mmay321)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/asp-php-absolute-beginner/162266/1 "2005-09-11T17:00:38Z")

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i have a lot of experience building web sites with flash and now need to start learning asp and php. being self-taught in flash, i thought i could just open a book on asp or php and start learning, but i now realize (i am running windows xp home edition) i need to set up apache, php, and mysql on my system first, but i’m completely clueless on how to set these up to work together and every time i try using instructions from a tutorial or book, something goes wrong. does anyone know a “flawless” tutorial or article that describes how to do this? i just need to know where to start.