XAMPP

XAMPP (/ˈzæmp/ or /ˈɛks.æmp/)[2] is a free and open-source cross-platform web server solution stack package developed by Apache Friends,[2] 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
Initial releaseSeptember 4, 2002 (2002-09-04)[1]
Stable release
8.0.2 / February 9, 2021 (2021-02-09)
Repositorysourceforge.net/projects/xampp
Operating system
PlatformIA-32 (Windows package only) and x64 (macOS and Linux packages only)
Size
  • Windows: 157 MB
  • Linux: 152 MB
  • macOS: 357 MB
Available in11 languages
List of languages
English, German, French, Dutch, Polish, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese
TypeSolution stack
LicenseGNU General Public License
Websitewww.apachefriends.org

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 term XAMPP is an apparent acronym. However, there is no official acronym expansion specified on the Apache Friends website. Their homepage header reads "XAMPP Apache + MariaDB + PHP + Perl", indicating that this abbreviation is a recursive acronym.

The term can be unofficially broken down as follows:

Letter Meaning
X An ideographic letter referring to cross-platform[5]
A Apache,[6] or its expanded form, Apache HTTP Server[5]
M MariaDB[7] (formerly MySQL[5][7])
P PHP[6][5]
P Perl[6][5]

MySQL was replaced with MariaDB on 19 October 2015 and beginning with XAMPP versions 5.5.30 and 5.6.14,[7] effectively altering the meaning of the acronym.

While both letters P are de facto interchangeable, convention used at the Apache Friends website indicates that the first letter P is short for PHP and the latter letter P is short for 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.[8] 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.[9] Self-contained, multiple instances of XAMPP can exist on a single computer, and any given instance can be copied from one computer to another.[10] XAMPP is offered in both a full and a standard version (Smaller version).[10]

Software Integration

The web server solution stack installed in Personal PC or the development system faces common issues of having the common port numbers requested by XAMPP. Most commonly Skype or MySQL installed in PC have common conflict due to the same port number being requested by XAMPP. Although a port number conflict can be bypassed by stopping the applications using the same port, the better solution is to change the port number. The most common MySQL port can be found in my.ini, config.inc.php and php.ini files from XAMPP control panel.[11]

The port number are 3306 for MySQL, 80 for Apache and 443 for SSL, the port numbers can be replaced with subsequent number like 3307 or 3308. Find the port numbers in respective files, for which port need to be changed, then replace with subsequent port number. the same port numbers should also be replaced in XAMPP Service and Port number settings.

Usage

The most obvious characteristic of XAMPP is the ease at which a WAMP webserver stack can be deployed and instantiated.[12] Later some common packaged applications that could be easily installed were provided by Bitnami.[13]

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.[14] XAMPP has the ability to serve web pages on the World Wide Web.[15] A special tool is provided to password-protect the most important parts of the package.[16]

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 localhost 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 8.0.2[17]
ComponentOn WindowsOn LinuxOn macOS
Apache 2.4.46YesYesYes
MariaDB 10.4.17YesYesYes
PHP 8.0.2YesYes [18]Yes [18]
phpMyAdmin 5.0.4YesYesYes
OpenSSL 1.1.1iYesYesYes
WebalizerYes - 2.23-04Yes - 2.23-05Yes - 2.23-05
FileZilla FTP Server 0.9.41YesYesYes
Mercury Mail Transport System 4.63YesYesYes
Strawberry Perl 5.32.0.1 PortableYesYesYes
Tomcat 7.0.107 (with mod_proxy_ajp as connector)YesYesYes
XAMPP Control Panel 3.2.4YesYesYes
APR 1.5.2YesYesYes
APR-utils 1.5.4YesYesYes
cUrl 7.53.1YesYesYes
expat 2.0.1YesYesYes
FPDF 1.7YesYesYes
FreeTDS 0.91YesYesYes
Freetype2 2.4.8YesYesYes
GD 2.2.5YesYesYes
gdbm 1.8.3YesYesYes
gettext 0.19.8.1YesYesYes
ICU4C Library 66.1YesYesYes
IMAP C-Client 2007eYesYesYes
libapreq 2.13YesYesYes
libpng 1.6.37YesYesYes
libxml 2.0.1YesYesYes
libxslt 1.1.33YesYesYes
mcrypt 2.5.8YesYesYes
mhash 0.9.9.9YesYesYes
Ming 0.4.5YesYesYes
mod_perl 2.0.8-devYesYesYes
ncurses 5.9YesYesYes
OpenLDAP (client) 2.4.48YesYesYes
pdf class 0.11.7YesYesYes
Perl 5.30.3YesYesYes
ProFTPD 1.3.6YesYesYes
Sablotron 1.0.3YesYesYes
zlib 1.2.11YesYesYes
Major component versions
XAMPPApacheMariaDBPHPRef
7.3.02.4.3710.1.377.3.0[19]
7.3.12.4.3710.1.377.3.1[20]
7.3.22.4.3810.1.387.3.2[21]
7.3.32.4.3810.1.387.3.3[22]
7.3.42.4.3910.1.387.3.4[23]
7.3.52.4.3910.1.397.3.5[24]
7.3.62.4.3910.3.157.3.6[25]
7.3.72.4.3910.3.167.3.7[26]
7.3.82.4.3910.3.167.3.8[27]
7.3.92.4.4110.4.67.3.9[28]
7.3.102.4.4110.4.87.3.10[29]
7.3.112.4.4110.4.87.3.11[30]
7.3.122.4.4110.4.107.3.12[31]
7.3.132.4.4110.4.117.3.13[32]
7.3.142.4.4110.4.117.3.14[33]
7.3.152.4.4110.4.117.3.15[34]
7.3.162.4.4110.4.117.3.16[35]
7.3.172.4.4310.4.117.3.17[36]
7.3.182.4.4310.4.117.3.18[37]
7.3.192.4.4310.4.137.3.19[38]
7.3.202.4.4310.4.137.3.20[39]
7.3.212.4.4610.4.147.3.21[40]
7.3.222.4.4610.4.147.3.22[41]
7.3.232.4.4610.4.147.3.23[42]
7.3.242.4.4610.4.147.3.24[43]
7.3.252.4.4610.4.177.3.25[44]
7.3.262.4.4610.4.177.3.26[45]
7.3.272.4.4610.4.177.3.27[46]
7.4.12.4.4110.4.117.4.1[47]
7.4.22.4.4110.4.117.4.2[48]
7.4.32.4.4110.4.117.4.3[49]
7.4.42.4.4110.4.117.4.4[50]
7.4.52.4.4310.4.117.4.5[51]
7.4.62.4.4310.4.117.4.6[52]
7.4.72.4.4310.4.137.4.7[53]
7.4.82.4.4310.4.137.4.8[54]
7.4.92.4.4610.4.147.4.9[55]
7.4.102.4.4610.4.147.4.10[56]
7.4.112.4.4610.4.147.4.11[57]
7.4.122.4.4610.4.147.4.12[58]
7.4.132.4.4610.4.177.4.13[59]
7.4.142.4.4610.4.177.4.14[60]
7.4.152.4.4610.4.177.4.15[61]
8.0.02.4.4610.4.178.0.0[62]
8.0.12.4.4610.4.178.0.1[63]
8.0.22.4.4610.4.178.0.2[64]

See also

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