hey all i got to do a php my sql database for my dissertation,

was wondering if anone had an reccomendations of what is good to use have been recommended several phpmyadmin etc. But could do with a bith more info

Also if anyone has done this i am doing my design stage now system boundary diagrams etc , does anyone have any design stages i can check out. Have been looking at connoly and begg a brief introduction to multi agent systems

thanks