I’ve already covered this process in my article “ How to set up MySQL for remote access on Ubuntu Server 16.04.” Make sure you have that working before continuing on.

4. The MySQL server receives the database query, processes it, and sends the results—a list of books—back to the PHP engine. 5. The PHP engine finishes running the script.

I will assume you already have MySQL Workbench installed. Creating a database The first thing to do is create a database (aka Schema). Open MySQL Workbench and connect to your database server.