title: Guide to using Sphinx with PHP and MySQL
body: <p>I'm looking for a complete guide to using Sphinx with PHP and MySQL.  I'd like one that's a bit simpler and easygoing than the one provided on the site.</p>
  
  <p>I'm looking for a few concepts on how exactly it all works. </p>
  
  <p>I have a server with PHP, HTML, other data and a MySQL database. How would I go about setting up Sphinx to power the search and results being returned?</p>
  
  <p>I'd like to be able to pass my search terms to my PHP script and have it deal with Sphinx and return the data.</p>
  
  <p>P.S. I'm also open to suggestion regarding any other alternatives to Sphinx.</p>