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Introduction to the LAMP Stack

Explore the fundamental layers of the LAMP stack—operating system, web server, database, and scripting language—to understand how they combine to create dynamic websites and apps. This lesson introduces each component and demonstrates building a basic time tracker application using an integrated LAMP environment.

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The LAMP stack in a nutshell

To better understand the LAMP stack, let’s discuss the words that make up this term.

First of all, we must define what a stack is. A stack is a collection of software or application programs that work together to make up a fully functional environment.

The next word is LAMP. LAMP is an acronym for Linux, Apache, MySQL (MariaDB), and PHP (Python). These form the following four layers that are needed to build a website:

  • The operating system layer
  • The web server layer
  • The database layer
  • The scripting layer
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