I'm coming from only really ever using MSSQL. I'm used to there being a hierarchy of something like Server->Database->Schema->Table. Now, I'm trying to do LAMP. I was so eager to get started, I ...

The date for the events is stored in MySQL date format. What I want to display on my PHP page is a list of upcoming events in the next 60 days, and have it divided up by month.

Or, maybe you want to search the subject line and the content of a set of forum posts for certain keywords. Query multiple columns in a mySQL database using PHP to issue the mySQL commands.