XAMPP explained

XAMPP should not be confused with XMPP.

Released:[1]
Latest Release Version:8.2.12
Platform:IA-32 (Windows package only) and x64 (macOS and Linux packages only)
Language:English, German, French, Dutch, Polish, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese
Language Count:11
Genre:Solution stack
License:GNU General Public License

XAMPP (or)[2] is a free and open-source cross-platform web server solution stack package developed by Apache Friends, consisting mainly of the Apache HTTP Server, MariaDB database, and interpreters for scripts written in the PHP and Perl programming languages.[3] [4] Since most actual web server deployments use the same components as XAMPP, it makes transitioning from a local test server to a live server possible.

XAMPP's ease of deployment means a WAMP or LAMP stack can be installed quickly and simply on an operating system by a developer, with the advantage that common add-in applications such as WordPress and Joomla! can also be installed with similar ease using Bitnami.

Etymology

The Apache Friends website indicates that XAMPP stands for "XAMPP Apache + MariaDB + PHP + Perl", making it a recursive acronym. XAMPP formerly used MySQL, but this was replaced with MariaDB on 19 October 2015 and beginning with XAMPP versions 5.5.30 and 5.6.14,[5] altering the meaning of the acronym. It originally stood for Cross-Platform + Apache + MySQL + PHP + Perl.

Prerequisites

XAMPP requires only one zip, tar, 7z, or exe file to be downloaded and run, and little or no configuration of the various components that make up the web server is required. The Windows version of XAMPP requires Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable.

Features

XAMPP is regularly updated to the latest releases of Apache, MariaDB, PHP and Perl. It also comes with a number of other modules, including OpenSSL, phpMyAdmin, MediaWiki, Joomla, WordPress and more.[6] Self-contained, multiple instances of XAMPP can exist on a single computer, and any given instance can be copied from one computer to another.[7] XAMPP is offered in both a full and a standard version (Smaller version).

Usage

The most obvious characteristic of XAMPP is the ease at which a WAMP webserver stack can be deployed and instantiated.[8] Later, some common packaged applications that could be easily installed were provided by Bitnami.[9]

Officially, XAMPP's designers intended it for use only as a development tool, to allow website designers and programmers to test their work on their own computers without any access to the Internet. To make this as easy as possible, many important security features are disabled by default.[10] XAMPP has the ability to serve web pages on the World Wide Web.[11] A special tool is provided to password-protect the most important parts of the package.[12]

XAMPP also provides support for creating and manipulating databases in MariaDB and SQLite, among others.

Once XAMPP is installed, it is possible to treat a local host like a remote host by connecting using an FTP client. Using a program like FileZilla has many advantages when installing a content management system (CMS) like Joomla or WordPress. It is also possible to connect to localhost via FTP with an HTML editor.

Components

Components included with XAMPP 8.2.12[13] ! Component !! On Windows !! On Linux !! On macOS
Apache 2.4.58
MariaDB 10.4.32
PHP 8.2.12 [14]
phpMyAdmin 5.2.1
OpenSSL 3.1.3
Webalizer - 2.23-04 - 2.23-05 - 2.23-05
FileZilla FTP Server 0.9.41
Mercury Mail Transport System 4.63
Strawberry Perl 5.32.1.1 Portable
Tomcat 8.5.96 (with mod_proxy_ajp as connector)
XAMPP Control Panel 3.2.4
APR 1.5.2
APR-utils 1.5.4
cUrl 7.53.1
expat 2.0.1
FPDF 1.7
FreeTDS 0.91
Freetype2 2.4.8
GD 2.2.5
gdbm 1.8.3
gettext 0.19.8.1
ICU4C Library 66.1
IMAP C-Client 2007e
libapreq 2.13
libpng 1.6.37
libxml 2.0.1
libxslt 1.1.33
mcrypt 2.5.8
mhash 0.9.9.9
Ming 0.4.5
mod_perl 2.0.8-dev
ncurses 5.9
OpenLDAP (client) 2.4.48
pdf class 0.11.7
Perl 5.34.1
ProFTPD 1.3.6
Sablotron 1.0.3
zlib 1.2.11
XAMPP Apache MariaDB PHP Ref
8.0.0 2.4.46 10.4.17 8.0.0 [15]
8.0.1 2.4.46 10.4.17 8.0.1 [16]
8.0.2 2.4.46 10.4.17 8.0.2 [17]
8.0.3 2.4.46 10.4.18 8.0.3 [18]
8.0.5 2.4.47 10.4.18 8.0.5 [19]
8.0.6 2.4.47 10.4.19 8.0.6 [20]
8.0.7 2.4.48 10.4.19 8.0.7 [21]
8.0.8 2.4.48 10.4.20 8.0.8 [22]
8.0.9 2.4.48 10.4.20 8.0.9 [23]
8.0.10 2.4.48 10.4.21 8.0.10 [24]
8.0.11 2.4.51 10.4.21 8.0.11 [25]
8.0.13 2.4.51 10.4.22 8.0.13 [26]
8.0.14 2.4.52 10.4.22 8.0.14 [27]
8.0.15 2.4.52 10.4.22 8.0.15 [28]
8.0.17 2.4.52 10.4.24 8.0.17 [29]
8.0.18 2.4.53 10.4.24 8.0.18 [30]
8.0.19 2.4.53 10.4.24 8.0.19 [31]
8.0.25 2.4.54 10.4.27 8.0.25 [32]
8.0.28 2.4.56 10.4.28 8.0.28 [33]
8.1.0 2.4.51 10.4.22 8.1.0 [34]
8.1.1 2.4.52 10.4.22 8.1.1 [35]
8.1.2 2.4.52 10.4.22 8.1.2 [36]
8.1.4 2.4.52 10.4.24 8.1.4 [37]
8.1.5 2.4.53 10.4.24 8.1.5 [38]
8.1.6 2.4.53 10.4.24 8.1.6 [39]
8.1.10 2.4.54 10.4.24 8.1.10 [40]
8.1.12 2.4.54 10.4.27 8.1.12 [41]
8.1.17 2.4.56 10.4.28 8.1.17 [42]
8.2.0 2.4.54 10.4.27 8.2.0 [43]
8.2.4 2.4.56 10.4.28 8.2.4 [44]
8.2.12 2.4.58 10.4.32 8.2.12 [45]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: XAMPP . SourceForge . 9 April 2023 . en.
  2. Web site: Interview with Kai Seidler from the XAMPP project . 2023-06-22 . MySQL AB.
  3. Web site: New XAMPP with MariaDB . apachefriends.org . 19 October 2015 . 19 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151119120633/https://www.apachefriends.org/blog/new_xampp_20151019.html . 2015-11-19 . live .
  4. Web site: An easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP, and Perl. SourceForge. 2015-06-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20150606132653/http://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/. 2015-06-06. live.
  5. Web site: New XAMPP with MariaDB. Apache Friends. 2016-03-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20160412205059/https://www.apachefriends.org/blog/new_xampp_20151019.html. 2016-04-12. live.
  6. Web site: XAMPP Addons list . Apache Friends . 2015-04-21 . 2015-04-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150322184437/https://www.apachefriends.org/add-ons.html . 2015-03-22 . live .
  7. Web site: How to install XAMPP Software . Masunduh II . 2015-04-21 . 2015-04-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150709225800/http://masunduh2.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/instalasi-xampp.html . 2015-07-09 . live .
  8. XAMPP for Windows. 2018-10-18. 2011-04-22. Gabe. Gralla. PCWord. IDG. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170828091519/http://www.pcworld.com/article/233860/xampp_for_windows.html. 2017-08-28.
  9. Web site: Bitnami for XAMPP. 2018-10-18. Apache Friends. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180623171928/https://www.apachefriends.org/bitnami_for_xampp.html. 2018-06-23. ymd-all.
  10. Web site: apache friends - xampp for windows . Apachefriends.org . 2008-12-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081219130328/http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html . 2008-12-19 . live .
  11. Web site: Where XAMPP is used commonly and what it can do.. Owusu-Ansah Godfred. 2012-04-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20150619220801/https://globalhealthdatamanagement.tghn.org/community/blogs/post/5122/2013/07/xampp/. 2015-06-19. live.
  12. Web site: XAMPP for Linux. 2012-04-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20120501135042/http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html#381. 2012-05-01. live.
  13. Web site: Apache Friends . Apache Friends . 2023-11-19 . 2023-11-25.
  14. With PEAR + SQLite 2.8.17/3.38.5 + multibyte (mbstring) support
  15. Web site: Apache Friends - XAMPP 8.0.0 Download. Apache Friends. 2020-12-04. 2020-12-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20191128193452/https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/. 2019-11-28. live.
  16. Web site: Apache Friends - XAMPP 8.0.1 Download. Apache Friends. 2021-01-19. 2021-01-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20191128193452/https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/. 2019-11-28. live.
  17. Web site: Apache Friends - XAMPP 8.0.2 Download. Apache Friends. 2021-02-09. 2021-02-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20191128193452/https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/. 2019-11-28. live.
  18. Web site: Apache Friends - XAMPP 8.0.3 Download. Apache Friends. 2021-03-13. 2021-03-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20191128193452/https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/. 2019-11-28. live.
  19. Web site: Apache Friends - XAMPP 8.0.5 Download. Apache Friends. 2021-05-04. 2021-05-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20191128193452/https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/. 2019-11-28. live.
  20. Web site: Apache Friends - XAMPP 8.0.6 Download. Apache Friends. 2021-05-11. 2021-05-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20191128193452/https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/. 2019-11-28. live.
  21. Web site: Apache Friends - XAMPP 8.0.7 Download. Apache Friends. 2021-06-08. 2021-06-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20191128193452/https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/. 2019-11-28. live.
  22. Web site: Apache Friends - XAMPP 8.0.8 Download. Apache Friends. 2021-07-09. 2021-07-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20191128193452/https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/. 2019-11-28. live.
  23. Web site: Apache Friends - XAMPP 8.0.9 Download. Apache Friends. 2021-08-03. 2021-08-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20191128193452/https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/. 2019-11-28. live.
  24. Web site: Apache Friends - XAMPP 8.0.10 Download. Apache Friends. 2021-09-03. 2021-09-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20191128193452/https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/. 2019-11-28. live.
  25. Web site: Apache Friends - XAMPP 8.0.11 Download. Apache Friends. 2021-10-08. 2021-10-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20191128193452/https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/. 2019-11-28. live.
  26. Web site: Apache Friends - XAMPP 8.0.13 Download. Apache Friends. 2021-11-25. 2021-11-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20191128193452/https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/. 2019-11-28. live.
  27. Web site: Apache Friends - XAMPP 8.0.14 Download. Apache Friends. 2021-12-23. 2021-12-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20191128193452/https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/. 2019-11-28. live.
  28. Web site: Apache Friends - XAMPP 8.0.15 Download. Apache Friends. 2021-12-23. 2022-01-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20211122085948/https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/. 2021-11-22. live.
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  30. Web site: Apache Friends - XAMPP 8.0.18 Download. Apache Friends. 2022-04-20. 2022-04-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20211122085948/https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/. 2021-11-22. live.
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  34. Web site: Apache Friends - XAMPP 8.1.0 Download. Apache Friends. 2021-12-16. 2021-12-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20191128193452/https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/. 2019-11-28. live.
  35. Web site: Apache Friends - XAMPP 8.1.1 Download. Apache Friends. 2021-12-23. 2021-12-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20191128193452/https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/. 2019-11-28. live.
  36. Web site: Apache Friends - XAMPP 8.1.2 Download. Apache Friends. 2021-12-23. 2022-01-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20211122085948/https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/. 2021-11-22. live.
  37. Web site: Apache Friends - XAMPP 8.1.4 Download. Apache Friends. 2022-03-18. 2022-03-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20211122085948/https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/. 2021-11-22. live.
  38. Web site: Apache Friends - XAMPP 8.1.5 Download. Apache Friends. 2022-04-20. 2022-04-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20211122085948/https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/. 2021-11-22. live.
  39. Web site: Apache Friends - XAMPP 8.1.6 Download. Apache Friends. 2022-05-16. 2022-05-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20211122085948/https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/. 2021-11-22. live.
  40. Web site: Apache Friends - XAMPP 8.1.10 Download. Apache Friends. 2022-10-01. 2022-10-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20211122085948/https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/. 2021-11-22. live.
  41. Web site: Apache Friends - XAMPP 8.1.12 Download. Apache Friends. 2022-11-22. 2022-11-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20211122085948/https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/. 2021-11-22. live.
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