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Posted by piotrgospodarczyk
piotrgospodarczyk
5,995 Points

A better option for your local server is EasyPHP

I strongly recommend to use http://www.easyphp.org/ instead of XAMP as a local server for PC env. Thank you.

2 Answers

Philip Carpentier
Philip Carpentier
11,931 Points
Philip Carpentier
Philip Carpentier
11,931 Points

Or USBwebserver. No installation required.. Just copy the files and go.

The only thing you have to do is set an smpt-server if you wan't mail-support. Beyond that, it works perfect out of the box (for PC)

piotrgospodarczyk
piotrgospodarczyk
5,995 Points

That's the point! Depends on your needs you choose what's more suitable. USBwebserver is nice as well, but...

Well you're missing those http://www.easyphp.org/modules.php ;)

Ricky Catron
Ricky Catron
13,023 Points
Ricky Catron
Ricky Catron
13,023 Points

I personally prefer Wampp to Xampp. It is more complex to set up but has better security out of the box, and I really like the virtual servers instead of separate folders for each site.

Goodluck! -Ricky