I'm currently trying to learn php/mysql from scratch. I've downloaded the very latest xampp and started completing some small projects. Everything is going great. Every project I've done so far uses phpmyadmin and I've found it quite fun. However, I'm now trying to do some more advanced projects Thesetutorials use the command line to connect to mysql rather than phpmyadmin.
I've never used the command line before so I was eager to learn but here is my problem. When I do the standard connection to mysql I don't connect to mysql like the tutorials. I instead connect to MariaDB. Once I'm connected the next commands in the tutorial no longer work and I don't know what to do.
Being new to php I'm following these tutorials line for line and using google to research problems. However this one I can't find an answer to. No books or tutorials I've seen mention MariaDB. I've been looking for a solution for a while but posting on here is my last resort.
Is MariaDB different to mysql? if so how do I learn the commands? Would it be easy to use mysql instead? how do I do this?
I'm finding it very hard to concisely write my question and I apologize for this. Unfortunately my skill level is currently not good enough to understand these things. Simply put, everything I'm currently using as a resource to learn php/mysql has not mentioned MariaDB. When I search on google I can't really find much on MariaDB that answers my questions. I'm struggling to work out what I should be doing to complete this projects and continue learning php.
Thanks your help it really is appreciated.
