Try http://www.redbeanphp.com/ http://www.redbeanphp.com/ and http://redbeanphp.com/extra/beancan_server http://redbeanphp.com/extra/beancan_server specifically

Try http://www.redbeanphp.com/ http://www.redbeanphp.com/ and http://redbeanphp.com/extra/beancan_server http://redbeanphp.com/extra/beancan_server specifically - it's a minimal bit of php with some magic that will probably mean you won't have to get too much into the server side of things with your tutorial.