XAMPP is a free and open source web server solution stack that includes Apache, MySQL, PHP and Perl. It is self-contained and requires only downloading a zip file for installation. While intended for development, it allows starting local web servers for testing through its control panel.

1. XAMPP
Jussi
Pohjolainen

2. XAMPP
• Free
and
open
source
web
server
solu9on
stack
– Apache,
MySql,
PHP
and
Perl
• Requires
only
one
zip
and
it's
self
contained
• Officially
intended
only
for
development
• Lot
of
other
stacks
available
too
– hIp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Comparison_of_WAMPs

3. Install
• Just
download
and
install
• In
Windows,
set
paths
– c:xamppphp
– c:xamppmysqlbin
• Install
phpdoc
– pear channel-discover pear.phpdoc.org
– pear install phpdoc/phpDocumentor-alpha
• Install
phpunit
– pear config-set auto_discover 1
– pear install pear.phpunit.de/PHPUnit

4. Star9ng
and
Tes9ng
• Just
open
XAMPP
Control
Panel
and
start
the
services
you
want
– Apache
– MySQL
– ..
• Open
browser:
hIp://localhost/
• Add
folder
to
xampp
/
htdocs
/
xampp
/
test
– And
put
some
file:
index.html
• Open
browser
again:
hIp://localhost/xampp/
test/

5. MySQL
• Log
in
as
root
– mysql
–u
root
• show
databases;
• create
database
mytest;
• use
mytest;
• …