Hey,

I've never used Php so I really have no idea to start. I went to the phpbb.com website and tried downloading there latest Php stuff, but I didn't even know how to install the files they gave me. After some research, I came up with some information that I need a server, and a database to run php.

So I downloaded mySQL for the database, and I was looking into apache for the server, but again I have no idea what to do with the files they give you. Is there an easier way to do php to create things like, a blog. What I would love to achieve is being able to create an account system for the site so that they can log in and be automatically to the site and the forums. Also, I would like to create a database of files they can download, where they can search for files using different criteria. I assume this can only be done by php. I will be taking a class in php next year, but I don't really want to wait. Thanks in advance!