Creating MySQL User Account

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Hello everyone,

I am new to MySQL and I am having trouble creating a user account. I am using a textbook called Internet & World Wide Web, 5e by Deitel. The book instructed me to download XAMPP and to create a MySQL user account.

It says that to create a user account, I must enter "mysql -h localhost -u root" in a command prompt but when I do, the command prompt says,
" 'mysql' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file". How would I go about fixing this problem?

Also, I was able to gain access to PHP My Admin and create a user account there. Is the account I created in PHP My Admin a PHP user account or a MySQL user account? If it's a MySQL account, then I believe I wouldn't need to go the command prompt route since I have already created a user account.

And lastly (sorry this post is soo long), I also changed the Path in the Systems Variables Settings. I found the Path of the MySQL folder (from the inside of the XAMPP folder) and added it to the Path in the Environment Variables section and the command prompt still returns the same error.

Thank you for taking the time to read this, I've been stuck on this issue for more than a few hours.