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Is XAMPP (for Windows) preferred over WampServer? If so, why?

It seems lots of answers to questions about getting started in web development include "install XAMPP", even when the platform is Windows. Meanwhile, WampServer doesn't seem to be mentioned often. I've used both XAMPP and WampServer (admittedly, WampServer much more) and think they are both fine. So, is XAMPP preferred? If it is, why...

Install PEAR SOAP fails

All, I'm getting the following error attempting to use PEAR to install SOAP # pear install soap Failed to download pear/soap within preferred state "stable", latest release is version 0.12.0, stability "beta", use "channel://pear.php.net/soap-0.12.0" to install install failed I'm looking for advice on what to do next. I'm ...

Schedule php script in xampp

I am using xampp on windows vista. I want to run a php script once every x minutes. Is there anyway in xampp that can help facilitate this?, or is using the windows task scheduler the only way. ...

XAMPP for linux: how to get information about an error 500 ?

Hi, im gettin an error 500 in xampp. When i open /opt/lampp/logs/access_log i get this line: 127.0.0.1 - - [18/Jul/2010:23:02:53 +0200] "GET /miembros HTTP/1.1" 500 1900 Is there any way to get more information (cause, etc) about the error ? Regards Javi ...

Setting up Python on Apache/Windows; IDE question

I am finally learning Python after putting it off for a long time. I am setting it up on Apache (XAMPP), which version of mod_python should I choose? If I get mod_python-3.3.1.win32-py2.5-Apache2.2.exe, does that mean I have to download Python 2.5 from here? EDIT: I'll use this primarily for web development. Which IDE should I use? I l...

Intranet website with Joomla ?

Hi guys, my company wants to set up a small intranet portal on LAN. We are about 100 users at max. I am thinking about Joomla on a windows server environment with XAMPP. Just to be safe, is XAMPP efficient for serving about 50 to 100 users ? Does it have some connection limits ? Also how about using it as a webserver for a small intrane...

how to configure xamp ?

hi all recently i installed xamp server on my VPS (windows xp sp3) and i installed mysite there i am successful to run my from http://localhost.com/mysite/index.php and http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xx/mysite/index.php (locally on my vps ,where xx.xxx.xxx.xx is my server IP ) but when i am trying to access the link http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xx/mysit...

PHP: How can I tweak PHPUnit to use a different PHP interpreter?

My system has two PHP interpreters. One came bundled with the OS and the other I installed via the XAMPP package. All of my PHP extensions are applied to the XAMPP installation but PHPUnit seems to only run the version of PHP that came with my machine. Does anybody know of a way I can configure or rebuild PHPUnit so that it uses my XAMP...

DB4 & PHP on a Mac

I'm currently using XAMPP for PHP development on my Mac. I just got handed a project that needs to use the Berkeley DB with db4 support, but I just can't seem to get it working. Can you even setup DB4 with XAMPP? I successfully installed Berkeley DB and made the db4.so file and have set it the extension=db4.so line in the php.ini file, ...

Trying to get Warehouseapp to work on Windows

Hi, I have downloaded and am trying to run warehouse app http://warehouseapp.com (a subversion front end). I have got xampp installed on my Windows Home Server and I have it working on port 80. I have set up the ruby on rails server using this guide grapethinking.com/getting-rails-to-work-on-a-windows-machine-running-xampp I copy the w...

Differences between the way WAMP and XAMPP handle vhosts?

I'm switching from WAMP to XAMPP and XAMPP has broken my vhosts. It won't allow access to them. "You don't have permission to access the requested directory. There is either no index document or the directory is read-protected." The Apache error log says: "[error] [client 127.0.0.1] client denied by server configuration...

How can I access the mysql command line tool when using XAMPP in OS X?

I've got a vanilla install of XAMPP in OS X. How can I access the mysql command line tool? I've tried typing "mysql" at the command line, and it spits back "-bash: mysql: command not found". ...

Running XAMPP on Windows through VMWare Fusion on a MAC, how do I configure apache to use my shared folders (Z:) as the web root?

Environment: Main platform: MAC OSX 10.6 Secondary platform via VMWare Fusion: Windows 7 64-bit Background: I'm running MAMP Pro on the MAC side with a webroot at "/www". I need to test websites in IE thus requiring a Windows installation. I installed XAMPP on my Windows side and changed the apache root directory to "Z:\www", the ...

Missing DLL when run as script

Hi, I'm trying to get a PHP script to run every 30 minutes on my server (Win XP SP3, xampp 1.7.3). To do so I'm running the following script (update.cmd) using the MS task scheduler SET PATH="C:\xampp\PHP" start php.exe \htdocs\update_dashboard.php I am using the oci8 php extension on my webserver, but when I run that script it gives m...

Is it Possible install git in xampp localhost ?

Is it Possible hooked git into XAMPP so it can be managed as part of that software suite.? i try to make my own remote repository ...

custom 404 error htaccess

I am trying to create a custom 404 error on my website. I am testing this out using XAMPP on a windows machine. My directory structure is as follows: error\404page.html index.php .htaccess The content of my .htaccess file is: ErrorDocument 404 error\404page.html Which produces the fllowing result: However this is not working -...

xampp - connecting to a local database from another local machine inside a LAN

Hi, I am using XAMPP to create php projects. My system is: name=con7 and local ip=192.168.1.20 Another system is: name=con12 and local ip=19.168.1.10 I want to connect to a database in con12 from con7. I read that we need to provide access permission for the host(ip) which is trying to connect from a different machine like the Access H...

XAMPP portabilty, can the same installation work on Windows 7 and Snow Leopard

I'm new to website development and used WAMP in my introductory course. My desktop runs Windows 7 but I'm planning to get a MacBook Pro laptop. Can I install XAMPP on a flash drive and use it on both systems? If so, is there any special way it should be configured when I first install it on the flash drive? What are the differences be...

Replace /upgrade libxml2 in xampp 1.7.1 linux

I have xampp 1.7.1 installed on linux, and i need to update libxml2 to version 2.7.3. Can anyone help me? I suppose that i need to recompile php but first i need to install libxml2 and i don't know how. Thanks in advance, ...

PHP APC problem on Mac XAMPP development server

I have just set up PHP APC module on a Mac running OSX 10.6 using XAMPP. After a lot of fiddling around I thought I have it working but now when I load a URL the first site that is loaded is the site that displays for every site hosted on the server. These are the steps I followed to get it installed: cd /tmp wget http://pecl.php.ne...