Uploaded March 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Complete walkthrough how to set up and use XAMMP

Step 1: apachefriends.org/download.html
Download XAMMP

Step 2: Install XAMMP

Step 3: Run XAMMP - Start Apache and MySQL
Skype conflicts with XAMMP

Step 4: Type in the browser localhost

Step 5: Setup security

Step 6: Test a new website folder in htdocs and go to it by putting
localhost/... in the browser

Step 7: Test out localhost/phpmyadmin


What is XAMPP?
XAMPP is the most popular PHP development environment

XAMPP is a completely free, easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP, and Perl. The XAMPP open source package has been set up to be incredibly easy to install and to use.

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