HOW TO INSTALL XAMPP ON WINDOWS? || IICT A

HOW TO INSTALL XAMPP ON WINDOWS? 

XAMPP is an Apache server distribution that has MySQL, PHP, PERL, and some other software like phpMyAdmin. It's an extremely useful software that can be used to test a website locally on a personal computer. Generally, people who use content management systems based mainly on PHP and MySQL like WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, or ownCloud to run their blogs and websites find XAMPP to be very useful to comfortably run a local server. So, in this guide, we will show you how to install XAMPP on Windows.

From the term XAMPP, you can see that X denotes cross-platform (Operating systems like Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris), A denotes Apache server, M stands for MySQL, P stands for PHP, and the last P is for PERL.

1. To install XAMPP in Windows 7/8/10, first, you need to download the XAMPP installer for windows. To download the XAMPP installer for windows, visit the URL https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html.
This page shows the latest version of XAMPP for windows. It also shows the versions of Apache, PHP, MySQL, and other software included in this version of XAMPP.

2. Now, go to the "Download" section on the page. Here, you will see XAMPP for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. We can easily download the XAMPP installer for Windows.

3. Click on the Download link to download XAMPP as shown below.

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1.  After downloading the installer, double click on the executable(.exe) file to start the XAMPP installation process. Click Yes, if the User Account Control dialog box appears.

2. This dialog box below shows that you should avoid installing XAMPP to C:\Program Files. Click OK.

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Click OK.
3. Select your language in the dialog box then click OK.

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5.  Verify that the checkboxes are checked the same as the image below, then click Next. It’s ok to install everything but not required.

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7. You will see the installation progresses. Wait for the process to complete.

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9. The dialog box asks: Do you want to start the Control Panel now?
You can choose to start the Control Panel now. Checking the checkbox will directly open the XAMPP control panel. Please see the Note below to know how to start the XAMPP Control Panel.

The installation is complete.
 

 
Note: If you want to start the XAMPP Control Panel next time, right-click on the XAMPP icon found in the desktop or in the start menu, then select “Run as administrator”. Click "Yes" on the "User Account Control" popup.
 
10. If the XAMPP control panel is not already started, find the XAMPP control panel in the start menu or its desktop icon, right click on it and select "Run as

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11. Click on the Start button next to Apache, and wait for apache to start. After the Apache has started, click on the Start button next to MySQL. Wait for MySQL to start. Both Apache and MySQL are running now.

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