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How to use XAMPP

XAMPP is the most popular PHP development environment

1. Download and install XAMPP

(Recommend for beginner) Download and install XAMPP the popular PHP-MySql development environment - download from: https://www.apachefriends.org/

2. Use XAMPP

2.1 XAMPP tutorial

you could learn how to use XAMPP through youtube tutorials

• [youtube]XAMPP tutorial for beginners (8min)
• [youtube] XAMPP TUTORIAL FOR BEGINNERS (17min)
• [youtube] How To Run PHP Projects in XAMPP Server

2.2 Use XAMPP MySql Admin UI

• 1 run XAMPP Control panel

• 2 start the Apache service and MySql service

• 3 Open the XAMPP dashboard

  • you may need change apache port if port 80 is not available https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9bLYwcuiSk
  • you could find or add the php code in c:\xampp\htdocs and visit the site by http://localhost:8080 (if you change port to 8080)
  • you also need change the XAMPP admin service port to use your new port, (you need run XAMPP with run as administrator if you got permission deny error. )

• 4 Oen the mySql admin ui phpMyAdmin

• 5 for how to use phpMyAdmin

  • https://www.tutorialspoint.com/phpmyadmin/index.htm