DEtailed instruction to install wamp sever

1. --- Installation of Wampserver ---
BEFORE proceeding with the installation of Wampserver, you must ensure that certain elements are installed on
your system, otherwise Wampserver will absolutely not run, and in addition, the installation will be faulty and you
need to remove Wampserver BEFORE installing the elements that were missing.
Make sure you are "up to date" in the redistributable packages VC9, VC10, VC11, VC13 , VC14 and VC15
See --- Visual C++ Packages below.
--- Do not install Wampserver OVER an existing version, follow the advice:
- Install a new version of Wampserver: http://forum.wampserver.com/read.php?2,123606
If you install Wampserver over an existing version, not only it will not work, but you risk losing your existing
databases.
--- Install Wampserver in a folder at the root of a disk, for example C:wamp or D:wamp. Take an installation path
that does not include spaces or diacritics; Therefore, no installation in c: Program Files or C: Program Files (x86
We must BEFORE installing, disable or close some applications:
- Close Skype or force not to use port 80
Item No. 04 of the Wampserver TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS:http://forum.wampserver.com/read.php?2,134915
- Disable IIS
Item No. 08 of the Wampserver TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS:http://forum.wampserver.com/read.php?2,134915
If these prerequisites are not in place, Press the Cancel button to cancel the installation,
then apply the prerequisites and restart the installation.
This program requires Administrator privileges to function properly. It will be launched with
the "Run as administrator" option. If you do not want a program to have this option,
cancel the installation.
--- Visual C++ Packages ---
The MSVC runtime libraries VC9, VC10, VC11 are required for Wampserver 2.4, 2.5 and 3.0, even if you use only
Apache and PHP versions with VC11. Runtimes VC13, VC14 is required for PHP 7 and Apache 2.4.17 or more
-- VC9 Packages (Visual C++ 2008 SP1)
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5582
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=2092
-- VC10 Packages (Visual C++ 2010 SP1)
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8328
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13523
-- VC11 Packages (Visual C++ 2012 Update 4)
The two files VSU4vcredist_x86.exe and VSU4vcredist_x64.exe to be download are on the same page:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679
-- VC13 Packages Update 5(Visual C++ 2013)
The two files VSU4vcredist_x86.exe and VSU4vcredist_x64.exe to be download are on the same page:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4032938/
-- VC14 Packages (Visual C++ 2015 Update 3) Supersedes by VC15
- VC15 Redistribuable (Visual C++ 2017)
https://aka.ms/vs/15/release/VC_redist.x86.exe

2. https://aka.ms/vs/15/release/VC_redist.x64.exe
VC2017 (VC15) is backward compatible to VC2015 (VC14). That means, a VC14 module can be used inside a VC15 binary. Because
this compatibilitythe versionnumber of the Redistributable is 14.1x.xx and after you install the Redistributable VC2017, VC2015 is
removed but you can still use VC14.
If you have a 64-bit Windows, you must install both 32 and 64bit versions of each VisualC++ package, even if you
do not use Wampserver 64 bit
To verify that all VC ++ packages are installed and with the latest versions, you can use the tool:
http://wampserver.aviatechno.net/files/tools/check_vcredist.exe and you will find all the packages on
http://wampserver.aviatechno.net/ in section Visual C++ Redistribuable Packages
You must install each package "as an administrator", so right-click the exe file and then run as Administrator. Do
not use a previously loaded tool. Make a new download to make sure you are using the correct version.
Warning: Sometimes Microsoft may update the VC ++ package by breaking the download links and without
redirect to the new. If the case happens to you, remember that item number 20 below will be updated and the
page http://wampserver.aviatechno.net/ section Visual C++ Redistribuable Packages is up to date.
This is item number 20 of TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS of Wampserver:
http://forum.wampserver.com/read.php?2,134915
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x64) i
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)
Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 Update 4
Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 Update 4
Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable
Package
Some explanations on how Wampserver works
After launching Wampserver by its shortcut, you will see the brief appearance of a window, then you
must get the Wampmanager icon in the notification area at the bottom right of the screen. This icon

3. must be GREEN.
In some rare cases, this icon does not appear but is in the Hidden Icons area.
It is then necessary to look in the window of the hidden icons of the notification area:
Click the vertical chevron to the left of the notification area:
then drag and drop the Wampmanager icon into the notification area:
This icon can be of three colors: Red means that no service is started, Orange means that at least one
service is started and Green means that all services are started.
To be able to use Wampserver, it is imperative that the icon is green. There is no point in doing
Apache, PHP, MySQL or MariaDB operations until the icon is green. If your icon is not green, see For
questions regarding... at the end of these explanations.
 Right-clicking on this icon gives you access to:


- About: used versions and other information
- Refresh: Re-creates the wampmanager.ini file
- Help: Accessing the Wampserser Help Forums
- Language: Change the language used
- Wamp parameters: Allows you to modify certain Wampserver options
- Tools: Utilities for problem solving
- Close: Required to Quit Wampserver. Must be done BEFORE closing Windows to allow dumping of
PHP, MySQL and MariaDB caches and avoid data loss.
Left-clicking on this icon gives you access to:
- Displays the numbers of the used versions
- Direct access to the Wampserver homepage (localhost)
- Direct access to PhpMyAdmin (MySQL / MariaDB GUI)*
- Direct access to Adminer(MySQL / MariaDB GUI)*
* Can be enabled or disabled in Wamp Settings.
- Virtualhosts Submenu
- Open File Explorer on the www folder
- Different submenus for Apache, PHP, MySQL and MariaDB allowing to change version; add or
remove module loading or extensions; modify parameters; administering services for each entity; open
some files in the default text editor (php.ini, httpd.conf, https-vhosts.conf, my.ini, log files, etc.)
- Services Management: Stop, Start, Restart

4. --- Launch phpMyAdmin
When starting phpMyAdmin, you will be asked for a user name and password.
After installing Wampserver 3, the default username is "root" (without quotes) and there is no password, which
means that you must leave the form Password box empty.
There will be a warning:
You are connected as 'root' with no password, which corresponds to the default MySQL privileged account. Your
MySQL server is running with this default, is open to intrusion, and you really should fix this security hole by setting
a password for user 'root'.
This is not a problem as long as access to Phpmyadmin remain locally.
However, some web applications or CMS asking that the MySQL user has a password. In which case, you will
create a user with password via the PhpMyAdmin Accounts Users tab.
--- Support of MariaDB
Read the file "mariadb_support.txt" into the wamp install directory
--- Using the menus and submenus of Wampmanager
Do not use the keyboard to navigate through the menus and submenus of Wampmanager icon.
--- For questions regarding Wampserver 3
Please use the specific forum: http://forum.wampserver.com/list.php?2
Do not use an existing discussion, but create your own thread:
New Topic
after having read READ BEFORE YOU ASK A QUESTION in this forum.
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5. HOW TO RUN A PHP SCRIPT WITH WAMP
SERVER
Intro: How to Run a PHP Script With Wamp Server
Let me explain today how to use the wamp server to run PHP files.
You can use this method to run PHP scripts you may have obtained
from somewhere and need to run with little to no knowledge of PHP.
You can execute your scripts through a web server where the output
is a web browser. So let's get started
Step 1: Installing the Server Software
To set up the server we are using a software called wamp server.
1. First you need to download the wamp server according to your system
specifications(32 bit windows or 64 bit windows) from here
2. Install the file on your computer and keep the settings to default
unless you have specific requirements.
3. After Installation start Wamp server.
Step 2: Setting Up the Server
 If the installation went well, you should have an new icon in the bottom
right, where the clock is.
 Click the icon to see the menu as given above(1). The icon should be
green in color, if it is red/orange then there is an error. From here, you

6. can stop the server, exit it, view help files, and see the configuration
pages.
 Click on localhost, though, and you'll see the page as above(2) :
(Localhost just refers to the server running on your own computer.
Another way to refer to your server is by using the IP address
127.0.0.1.)

 If you saw the above page, then congratulations! Your PHP server is
up and running, and you can make a start scripting PHP pages.
Step 3: Saving Your PHP Scripts

7.  Whenever you create a new PHP page, you need to save it in your
www directory. You can see where this is by clicking the www
directory item on the menu.
 When you click on www directory, you should see an explorer window
appear.
 The PHP Script you want to run should be copied into this directory.
 This www folder for Wampserver is usually at this location on your
hard drive:
c:/wamp/www/
Bear this in mind when you click File > Save As to save your PHP
scripts.
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Step 4: Running the PHP Script
 You can run the PHP Script in two ways:
Method 1:
Open localhost through the menu in the bottom right of the taskbar.
A page should open in your browser and you should see a list
called Your Projects

8. If you saved your PHP script at the right place you should see your
script name in this list
Click on the script to run it
Method 2:
Suppose you have created a php script called test1.php. To launch
this script, you need to add the script name after localhost in your
browser. So we type
http://localhost/test1.php
Your server knows where the www folder is, so you don't have to type
it out: just add the script name to localhost. Likewise, if you create a
folder under www then you'd just type this:
http://localhost/folder_name/script_name.php
Viola, your script should be up and running.
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Step 5: Troubleshooting
If you encounter an error like "api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1.0.dll is
missing”, then you need to (re)install the Visual C++ Redistributable
for Visual Studio 2015, either via Windows Update or download and
directly install the Visual C++ Redistributable:
1. Install all pending Windows Updates

9. 1. Go to Start – Control Panel – Windows Update
2. Check for updates and install all pending updates, then restart the
computer.
3. After the restart repeat the steps above again until no more updates
are available.
2. Download the Visual C++ Redistributable 2015
 For Windows 64-bit
Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 (64-bit)
 For Windows 32-bit
Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 (32-bit)
 Run the vcredist_x64.exe (64-bit) or vcredist_x86.exe (32-bit) and
select Uninstall if already installed
 (If you uninstalled) Run the .exe again and select Install and restart
the computer