Installation of PHP with XAMPP in Windows 7/ Windows 10

Welcome to PHPBash | Helping You to Become an Expert in PHP Programming. In this PHP Tutorial for beginners and professionals, I will provides in-depth knowledge of Installation of PHP with XAMPP in Windows 7/ Windows 10. XAMPP can be used to install and configure PHP on Windows 7 / Windows 10.

Installation of PHP with XAMPP in Windows 7/ Windows 10

This PHP tutorial covers all the topics of Installation of PHP with XAMPP in Windows 7/ Windows 10 such as
1. PHP Installation

2. What is XAMPP?

3. Alternative to XAMPP
4. Download XAMPP
5. Installation of XAMPP in Windows 7/ Windows 10
Lets start PHP tutorial with PHP Installation.

PHP Installation

As described in our previous post, to install PHP we require three components that are PHP Parser, Web Server and Database Server. Collectively it is called as AMP Software Stack( Apache, MySql, PHP). We can download each component separately from their official websites. After download, we need to install all three components and configure them with each other.

On the other hand, We can Prefer any of following options for Installing AMP Software Stack. Here the advantage is that, they install and configure AMP Software Stack( Apache, MySql, PHP) automatically.

1. WAMP for Windows Click Here for WAMP Downlaod

2. LAMP for Linux Click Here for LAMP Downlaod

3. MAMP for Mac Click Here for MAMP Downlaod

4. XAMPP (Cross, Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl) for Cross Platform: XAMPP comes with some extra components like FileZilla, OpenSSL, Mercury Mail, etc.

Click Here for XAMPP Downlaod

What is XAMPP?

XAMPP is the most popular PHP development environment. It is available for all operating systems including Windows, Linux and OS X. XAMPP is a completely free, easy to install Apache distribution containing MariaDB, PHP, and Perl.

XAMPP stands for:

X: Cross Platform, as it supports all the moder operating systems like Windows, Mac OSX, Linux etc.

A: Apache Web Server

M: MySQL database management system.

P: PHP installation

P: Perl scripting language

XAMPP Apache Mysql PHP

The XAMPP open source package has been set up to be incredibly easy to install and to use.XAMPP is a Package Consist various softwares require to setup PHP Environment. As described here, We require three major components to work with PHP. Here the good news is that, all that Components are available with XAMPP.

Requirements: Windows 2008, 2012, Vista, 7, 8 (Important: XP or 2003 not supported)

XAMPP is available for Windows with 7.2.33, 7.3.21 & 7.4.9 versions. As per your PHP version requirement, you can download XAMPP from its Official Website.

Click Here to Download XAMPP for WINDOWS Platform. You can also download XAMPP for LINUX or OS X.

The Following Screenshot shows Download page of XAMPP for Windows 7 / Windows 10 from https://www.apachefriends.org/

Download Page of XAMPP for Windows 7 / Windows 10

Alternative to XAMPP

XAMPP is actually having all components to work with PHP. Still If you are about to ask, Are there any alternatives / options to Xampp? The answer for this question will be Yes!! There are various alternatives available for XAMPP. Now Lets quickly go through various popular alternatives of XAMPP.

1.WampServer Click Here to Download

2.EasyPHP Click Here to Download

3.UwAmp Server Click Here to Download

4.AMPPS Click Here to Download

5.The Uniform Server Click Here to Download

6.WPN-XM Click Here to Download

7.Wnmp Click Here to Download

8.SecureWamp Click Here to Download

9.Abyss Web Server Click Here to Download

10.USB Webserver Click Here to Download

Download XAMPP for Windows 7 / Windows 10

As described earlier, you can Download XAMPP for Windows 7 / Windows 10 from here.

Installation of XAMPP in Windows 7/ Windows 10

XAMPP Logo

It is very simple and easy to install XAMPP in out local machine. Lets see Steps of Installation of PHP with XAMPP in Windows 7/ Windows 10.

Step 1: Go to Official Website and download XAMPP installer.

Step 2: RunNow, go to your Download Directory and Run the XAMPP installer file. As result, the Installation winzar window will appear.

Step 3: During Once the the wizard starts, then You need to specify Settings like language, the path of root directory of web server to locate the htdocs folder [Here all php files will stored] and select required components like

Server Option- Apache, MySQL, FileZilla FTP Server, Mercury Mail Server.

Language Options- PHP,Perl

Program Languages Options- phpMyAdmin, Webalizer, Fake Sendmail

After this, Click on Next.

Step 4: Now Read Instructions on Screen and Finish Installation. After finishing installation process, run the XAMPP control panel to start Apache and the MySQL.

XAMPP Control Panel

Step 5: When you will run it First time, it Windows OS will prompt you for various permissions, Just Hit ‘Allow access’. Here you are ready to bash with your first PHP Script.

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