Install PHP and Mysql in ubuntu linux is very easy
First You have to install Apache Webserver
After that you can Install PHP and Mysql
Open a Terminal using Applications--> Accessories --> Terminal
Then You will get $ prompt
Do the following
$ sudo apt-get install apache2 ( If you have already installed apache Omit this line)
$ sudo apt-get install php5$ sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5 $ sudo apt-get install mysql-server$ sudo apt-get install php5-mysql$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Now You can write your php scripts and put it into the folder /var/www
Now you can install PHPMYADMIN a very useful front end utility for managing Mysql
$ sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin