What Is MySQL?

MySQL is a database server that is very popular and free!

It allows you to easily store and retrieve data from a dynamic website or web application. This site runs using PHP and MySQL and a lot of the sites you visit that are very automated use this combination.

On a basic level MySQL is just like Access where you can easily sort through a row or columns. This isn't entirely accurate but if you are having some trouble understanding how it works this is a ruff concept. Scripts like WordPress, PHPNuke, Mambo, etc all use MySQL to store data.

Here are 10 reasons why MySQL is a good choice and why so many people love using it. MySQL runs on just about every operating system including Linux and Windows.