get and install this http://www.firepages.com.au/dev4.htm its easy mysql/php setup for n00bs

btw i can help you on icq tonight (this is roost3r)

i could maybe give you some webspace to test your shiz; i recently got a host; i got a l337 domain name 250mg space and 5gb bandwidth

i wouldnt use phpnuke either; you wont learn anything that way :P