How To Set Up Xampp

	How To Set Up Xampp
	Discussion by frazz86 with 6 Replies. Last Update: August 25, 2010, 7:00 pm

frazz86

If you need the link to download xampp here they are
Linux XAMPP
Window's XAMPP
Mac OS XAMPP
Solaris XAMPP

After the download has finished it should automatic come up with its setup if it does not come up with a set up follow these instructions:
Step1: Go to where you Installed the files
Step2:Click Setup_XAMPP
Step3:Follow its steps
Step4 Your back to where you should be!

Now click XAMPP_start and wait for it to load
OR
Click XAMPP_control This also serves the same purpose as XAMPP_start
Once you have opened the control then click start on Apache and Mysql

Once (xampp start) has finished loading and auto close
Once (xampp control) you have started Apache and Mysql
You can now start making PHP files Oh YEY!
once you have made a php file you can test it Put the php file in your XAMPP folder Under HT_Docs

And then type in your browser http://localhost/phpfilename
And your Php file will load !!
Have fun

Wed Aug 25, 2010 Reply New Discussion

yordan

QUOTE (frazz86)

once you have made a php file you can test it Put the php file in your XAMPP folder Under HT_Docs

Link: view Post: 148061

Is it really named HT_Docs ?
or simply htdocs?
I know this name is very distro-dependent ; however in a lot of Linux systems, the directory names are case_sensitives, so can you please confirm that it's really HT_Docs ? With capital H, capital T, capital D and an undercore before Docs?

Wed Aug 25, 2010 Reply New Discussion

frazz86

QUOTE (yordan)

Thanks for that i could have sworn it was ht_docs but is just htdocs sorry i really had not noticed lol thanks for pointing it out

Wed Aug 25, 2010 Reply New Discussion

vhortex

it depends on how you setup XAMPP, mine come as public_html and not httdocs.

It is also faster to just download the zip file and put it at the root folder like c:\xampp to avoid problems with windows file naming. From that point, locate all the install_service.bat (the names will be replaced with the actual service you want to install like install_mysql_service.bat) and run them to make everything run automatically or use the control panel to manage them.

This is to avoid problems when trying to locate windows MSI library.

Wed Aug 25, 2010 Reply New Discussion

yordan

QUOTE (vhortex)

it depends on how you setup XAMPP, mine come as public_html and not httdocs.
Link: view Post: 148072

And of course on your astahost account it's "www" !

Wed Aug 25, 2010 Reply New Discussion

frazz86

QUOTE (yordan)

And of course on your astahost account it's "www" !

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Yes there is a point lol so everyone please watch out for that but it will be something along the lines of them two

Wed Aug 25, 2010 Reply New Discussion

vhortex

QUOTE (frazz86)

Yes there is a point lol so everyone please watch out for that but it will be something along the lines of them two

Link: view Post: 148086

It is safe to assume that php webpages should appear at public_html or httdocs having www points to them whichever is applicable. Since it is XAMPP, www won't be present. On WAMP, it is www, WAMP is a different packing of the same group of server software.

Wed Aug 25, 2010 Reply New Discussion