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Extension PHP5 does not parse in XAMPP

Hello, I've installed XAMPP Apache server and put my website into htdocs. I've started Apache server. On my website I've got files with extension PHP and with extension PHP5.The difference is that when I type in into browser localhost/file.php - I see a parsed website. But when I type localhost/file.php5 (i have this file on server), t...

How do you backup Xampp directory?

I want to both backup my Xampp directory and also transfer it to another computer. Is there an easy way to do this? When I try to copy it, it gives me a restriction, even though I am not running xampp at the time. Thank you! ...

XAMPP vs basic Windows

I am installing the Open Source app, Laconica, for microblogging. There are instructions to install it using XAMPP. Now I prefer to do a straight Windows install. In doing so, I have run into some problems related to missing variables, improper DB variable definitions, etc. Now my colleague wants to try using XAMPP. But my question i...

How to reduce the number of cert validation requests... (IE is killing me slowly)

On a customer's internal network, I can make a request to my SSL site using IE6 SP1 (on Win2K) and see one cert validation requests, but if I use IE6 SP2 (on XP) 13 separate cert validation requests get fired off. Needless to say, this slows down my page load a lot. Firefox loads the page just fine with no unnecessary cert validation r...

Installing Xampp?

Do I have to uninstall the previous version first? before updating to the latest one? I am getting errors. ...

XAMPP shows eror for .exe from non-local domains.

In FireFox3 when I go to URL's such as: http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/A/A/4AA524C6-239D-47FF-860B-5B397199CBF8/windows-kb890830-v2.7.exe I get a 404 error for the URL locally on my XAMPP installation I use for local development. It has to do with the .exe I think but I can't figure out why. Whats the problem? Object not f...

Breakpoint not firing using PHP/XAMPP/NetBeans/Moodle

Bit of an obscure one this. My setup is all running on my local Windows machine; I've got NetBeans IDE installed, a local XAMPP server with XDebug running, and an installation of Moodle with some custom addons in the mod directory. I can happily create breakpoints in PHP pages (including the main Moodle ones), but any breakpoints I pla...

Domain to XAMPP Apache

Hi, I have a WEB server with static IP installed with Windows with XAMPP apache. I create a directory WEBPROG in D drive where it is all my websites program. I purchase a domain name and point to my WEB server IP. But I would like to point directly to the D:\WEBPROG and when I enter www.mywebsite.com it will not show the website. I ...

can't connect to mysql with php

I can't seem to connect to mysql with a php script, even though I can connect fine with phpmyadmin. I created a user with a password, and gave it the proper priveleges for the db, but everytime it connects it dies saying access denied. I am using xampp on a windows xp box. Firewalls are all disabled, and I've checked the username nad ...

PHP session_start fails

I'm trying to start the session in a header page in my webiste. But it seems there might be some sort of bug because it fails with the following error: Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: open(\xampp\tmp\sess_a7430aab4dd08d5fc0d511f781f41fe5, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in D:\Development\PHP\tt\Include\h...

LAMP, XAMPP for production.

Every LAMP or XAMPP writeup or tutorial I see says "Not for production use", so what do I use for production? ...

PHP5: Why is try/catch failing?

On my XAMPP/Win XP build, PHP5.2.3 fails to catch any exceptions. None of the examples work, and this: try { throw new Exception('Fail'); } catch (Exception $e) { echo 'Succeed'; } ...results in: Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'Fail' in M:\path\to\test.php:4 Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in ...

MySql Insert doesn't work when the website deployed on the host!

I'm using XAPP under windows and my website just working well! when I deployed it on the host server, it seems to be working normally, but the insert requests to MySql doesn't have any effect, nothing is changing on the database! Does anyone had this issue before? is there any configuration in MySql to make it accept insert requests? o...

How can I access the MySQL command line with XAMPP for Windows?

How can I access the MySQL command line with XAMPP for Windows? ...

Xampp - Redirect external url to localhost

I use an installation of Xampp to test my files locally before I upload them to my web server. My web pages usually contain a lot of 'hardcoded' links, which means to test any links (or any forms etc) I need to change the hardcoded link to point to localhost, and then rechange it after I am done testing. What I am looking for is a way t...

MySQL binary log file not being created - Windows XP

I've installed MySQL as part of XAMPP. While attempting to set up replication, I've added the following lines to c:\windows\my.ini: [mysqld] log-bin=C:/mysql-bin server-id=1 As you can see, I've specified a full path name for the logging file, so there should be no doubt about where it is. I've also used a forward slash as recommended...

mysql doesn't start from the control panel

hi i recently installed xampp 1.7.0 , but when i try to start the mysql from the control panel it gives error: Busy.... ERROR: Mysql service not started [-1] and when i start from the mysql_start.bat it starts !! why is this happening why mysql is not starting from xampp control pannel? ...

wordpress on xampp cause long ttfb

Hi, anyone know why wordpress on xampp cause long time to first byte.. around 10-15 sec, im running on 100mbit box, latest xampp and latest wordpress.. ...

Installing cake php on xampp

I've got xampp installed on my laptop runing XP, and it's been running without any problems for ages. I've just tried installing cakephp, and have altered the database config and enabled mod_rewrite. But now I get the following on the welcome page: Your tmp directory is writable. The FileEngine is being used for caching. To ...

Problems returning values between my localhost & my domain

Hi I've got a confusing difference between my localhost (xampp windows) and my domain (FC7 linux). I have a page with a lot of database driven select lists. On update these values are passed to a page that updates databases and confirms this to the user. (I'm monitoring my db's directly and this is happening correctly) There's a menu ...