XAMPP V1.7.3    Suggested by Hank7 - Updated by webfork on 18 Jan 2010 222MB (uncompressed) - Popularity score (3459) Website - Screenshot - Download - Comments (17) - Post comment - Permalink

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 Meter: It should probably be mentioned that XAMPP isn't recommended for production use or for other situations where the 'puter is accessible over the net. See http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html#1221 for more info. [2007-02-20 13:14]

 FriedGeek: This is a great and easy to use development AMP tool. If you find that Apache doesn't want to run when you've moved your media to another machine just run the setup_xampp.bat and it will usually fix it. [2007-02-22 08:02]

 Teobromina: I am using XAMPP on Windows since two years ago in a corporative environement, together with WebCollab, and I had no incidences. I can share information of projects with my team in a very simple way. [2007-04-19 12:47]

 Aceofspades: ....Did anyone else notice that i was one to recommend until everyone shot me down.

Yea it works great. Like I said before, get a two gig pen drive. Put XAMMP, Eclipse, Notepad++, puTTy, win SCP, NVU, VLC, 7ZIP, Firefox, and your 100% set! [2007-05-30 16:26]

 Jon Williams: This is similar to another project called "Uniform Server" [2007-07-21 15:22]

 anjo: @Meter

That is because the default installation is targeted at we developers and thus does not have as many security features enabled, however it is relatively easy to reconfigure Filezilla, MercuryMail, PHP (and if they are installed, Perl and Tomcat,) to a secure setting. Reconfiguring Apache and MySQL is done easily from a single intranet page. [2007-07-29 11:18]

 Webfork: Included in this package is FileZilla FTP Server, which is probably the best software of its kind I've used, commercial or otherwise. It is a FAR better software than other FTP Server tools I've tried. [2007-09-26 17:53]

 helper: Don't be scared by "214MB (uncompressed)" (where does this figure come from?) -- the compressed self-extracting full download is only 30MB, the lite version only 20MB. [2008-01-30 07:33]

 m163: Well actually the uncopressed size is 191MB (201MB on NTFS). [2008-02-14 05:31]

 Meter: @anjo and @Teobromina
Just to clarify, I didn't mean my comment above as a criticism of XAMPP. I just wanted to give potential users a heads up so that they didn't inadvertently put their machines and data at risk. Sorry if it came across as a criticism. [2008-10-18 04:17]

 john_k: I used this and got on well with it, but in the environment I am in having to have admin access was a pain. So I used MoWeS found at http://www.chsoftware.net/en/useware/mowes/mowes.htm the advantage being it can come pre-setup with a load of apps and doesnt need admin rights. Built a couple of sites using it and had no problems. [2008-12-05 00:21]

 Teobromina: @Meter
That is OK. You did it well, avoiding problems and risks.
@john_k
Thank you for your comment. Mowes server is not still in the database and perhaps may be a good alternative to XAMPP. I have just downloaded and going to try it. [2009-01-07 12:13]

 Chanio: Listen, there is even an alternative to consider:
If you change a bit the configuration, you could even record the complete server into a DVD or CD and have the configs and the updatable parts in your pen-drive! That way, it's content is not able to change a single bit... But you need to try it all in your hard disk until it works as expected. The main idea of XAMPP is to simplify the configuration at the extreme that you could copy the files and start it in a minute... Non of the others is as simple as this. I've tryed Uniform Server for a while and it is not as flexible as XAMPP.- [2009-12-01 05:51]

 maxnort: jon williams: you commented this is similar to uniform server. xampp is the original LAMP, grown up. it predates most other server packages, including uniform server, and is more widely used than you might realize. it is not particularly new; nor is it's portablity new. I believe it is much more accurate to say uniform is similar to xampp. [2010-03-14 15:29]

 Arcavexx: @Meter

I completely agree. Users should be warned not to use this for a live web server setup. You can do but this is primarily for testing, and usually testing locally before uploading to a web server. [2010-05-05 11:39]

 Rain: I've been working with XAMPP for quite a long time and I'm very satisfied. I do not remember any incident which happaned because of XAMPP. A very conveniet package.
Best wishes from Rain http://www.mp3hunting.com [2010-07-16 11:13]

 nono: the advantage being it can come pre-setup with a load of appsbatterie and doesnt need admin rights. [2010-07-22 13:28]

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