What you need for this book

You'll need to have a place to host your website, first of all. If you don't have a webhost, you can follow along by installing a web server, PHP, and MySQL on your computer. This can be achieved through a variety of methods, including Google LAMP, and you'll find many options.

You'll also need some sort of FTP client; I use FileZilla throughout the book. A text editor or other code editor will also be needed; I used Sublime Text in the book.