DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING XAMPP

 

DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING XAMPP

Steps to Download and install Xampp - a local server/localhost and run your first php file

What is Xampp?

XAMPP is an open-source cross-platform free web server solution, which helps developers to test their created programs on a local webserver. This stack package is developed by Apache Friends, which is easy to install and mainly consist of Apache HTTP Server, MariaDB database, PHP and Perl programming languages.

Steps to follow :

Step 1: Download xampp
To download Xampp server click here

Step 2: Install Xampp




Note down the location of xampp for future and click next

Step 3: Launch. Start Apache and MySQL.




Click ok for the warning.

Step 4: Open any editor. Visual studio, sublime or notepad++.(as per your choice)

Write your php code.



Open xampp folder. Go to xampp>htdocs>first first is the name of folder of your choice



Run it your browser with link: localhost/first first is the name of folder

Done !