MySQL and PHP problems

Maybe you should install the following software first.

sudo apt-get install apache2
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
sudo apt-get install mysql-client
sudo apt-get install php5
sudo apt-get install php5-gd
sudo apt-get install php5-mysql
sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin

and then, you should configure you server. 1, Test apache, open you browser, and enter 127.0.0.1, if "It Works!" appears, okay. 2, Test php, create a file under /var/www, and name is "index.php", the content is:

save and open the url "127.0.0.1/index.php", the php info should appear, if not, make sure you have proper permission.

3, Configure and test you phpmyadmin. first, run as root,

sudo -i               #run as root
cd /etc/apache2/conf.d

and then create a file named "phpmyadmin-web.conf" or other you like, and the content of the file is:

Alias /phpmyadmin /usr/share/phpmyadmin

   AllowOverride All

finally, you also should make a symbol link:

sudo ln -s /var/www/phpmyadmin /usr/share/phpmyadmin

then restart you apache server

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Now, you can use your ubuntu as a lamp server.