XAMPP

XAMPP

Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl for Windows

Others: LAMP - LinuxWAMP - WindowsMAMP - MacIntosh

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Local web design and development environment

HTML displays without need of a server

Other web-based languages do need a server to operate

Creates local ‘sandbox’ environment in which developers can write, deploy, and test code

This will happen if you have Vmware running on your computer,because VMw will already be bound to Port 443

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One problem can crop up if you have VMware installed on your computer

The VMware Authorization Service uses one of Apache’s ports

Click on ‘Services,’ click in the Services window, and type ‘v’

Right-click on VMware Authorization Service and select ‘Stop’

This won’t cause a problem with Vmware, as long as you don’t try to launch itwhile XAMPP is running its Apache server

NOTE: If you’re going to be developing database integrated applications, start MySQL also

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The ‘server root’ for XAMPP is in **\xampp\htdocs (Where ‘**’ is the path to the directory where you installed XAMPP

In my case, the path is C:\xampp\htdocs

Testing the installation

Make a new folder named ‘test’

Open a new file in Notepad++ and type the above

Save the file in the **\xampp\htdocs\test folder as ‘test.html’

In your browser, navigate to ‘localhost/test/test.html’

Notice that ‘htdocs’ doesn’t appear in the address. It is set as the root folder for local websites

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So why does this matter?

Again, other languages require a server to function

If we were to be using PHP instead of HTML, for example…

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Also, many dynamic web applications require the use of a database to function

PHP and MySQL are well beyond the scope of this class, but understand that HTML and CSS are the building blocks of the web experience

Other languages use them to create a dynamic web experience

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