The first step when installing any web based software which requires a MySQL database is to create it.

This is normally quite an easy process. It can seem complicated to the average user but it is not.

Most web hosting providers offer you a back-end to administration your web site & account. Normally called your "Hosting Control Panel".

Within this area should be a section for MySQL databases. Here you can simply create a new database.

Once you create the database with the name of your choice you then need to assign a username & password for the database to be accessed by.

If you need any assistance with this or would like us to handle the database creation for you just let us know.

The database name, username & password assigned to it will later be used to plug into the configuration of the PHP Form to e-Mail software.

This tells the program where and how to access the database to store all of its data the software uses.

End Result you should have: