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.

Not to be confused with XMPP.
XAMPP
Stable release
7.4.8 / July 15, 2020 (2020-07-15)
Repositorysourceforge.net/projects/xampp
Operating system
PlatformIA-32 (Windows package only) and x64 (macOS and Linux packages only)
Size
  • Windows: 155 MB
  • Linux: 150 MB
  • macOS: 162 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
Alexa rank 11,326 (As of January 2019)[1]
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]

Usage

The most obvious characteristic of XAMPP is the ease at which a WAMP webserver stack can be deployed and instantiated.[11] Later some common packaged applications that could be easily installed were provided by Bitnami.[12]

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

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 7.4.8[16]
ComponentOn WindowsOn LinuxOn macOS
Apache 2.4.43YesYesYes
MariaDB 10.4.13YesYesYes
PHP 7.4.8YesYes [17]Yes [17]
phpMyAdmin 5.0.2YesYesYes
OpenSSL 1.1.1gYesYesYes
WebalizerYes - 2.23-04Yes - 2.23-05Yes - 2.23-05
FileZilla FTP Server 0.9.41YesNoNo
Mercury Mail Transport System 4.63YesNoNo
Strawberry Perl 5.30.2.1 PortableYesNoNo
Tomcat 7.0.105 (with mod_proxy_ajp as connector)YesNoNo
XAMPP Control Panel 3.2.4YesNoNo
APR 1.5.2NoYesYes
APR-utils 1.5.4NoYesYes
cUrl 7.53.1NoYesYes
expat 2.0.1NoYesYes
FPDF 1.7NoYesYes
FreeTDS 0.91NoYesYes
Freetype2 2.4.8NoYesYes
GD 2.2.5NoYesYes
gdbm 1.8.3NoYesYes
gettext 0.19.8.1NoYesYes
ICU4C Library 66.1NoYesYes
IMAP C-Client 2007eNoYesYes
libapreq 2.13NoYesYes
libpng 1.5.26NoYesYes
libxml 2.0.1NoYesYes
libxslt 1.1.33NoYesYes
mcrypt 2.5.8NoYesYes
mhash 0.9.9.9NoYesYes
Ming 0.4.5NoYesYes
mod_perl 2.0.8-devNoYesYes
ncurses 5.9NoYesYes
OpenLDAP (client) 2.4.48NoYesYes
pdf class 0.11.7NoYesYes
Perl 5.30.3NoYesYes
ProFTPD 1.3.6NoYesYes
Sablotron 1.0.3NoYesYes
zlib 1.2.11NoYesYes
Major component versions
XAMPPApacheMariaDBPHPRef
7.2.12.4.2910.1.307.2.1[18]
7.2.22.4.2910.1.307.2.2[19]
7.2.32.4.2910.1.317.2.3[20]
7.2.42.4.3310.1.317.2.4[21]
7.2.52.4.3310.1.327.2.5[22]
7.2.62.4.3310.1.337.2.6[23]
7.2.72.4.3310.1.347.2.7[24]
7.2.82.4.3410.1.347.2.8[25]
7.2.92.4.3410.1.357.2.9[26]
7.2.102.4.3410.1.367.2.10[27]
7.2.112.4.3510.1.367.2.11[28]
7.2.122.4.3710.1.377.2.12[29]
7.2.132.4.3710.1.377.2.13[30]
7.2.142.4.3710.1.377.2.14[31]
7.2.152.4.3810.1.387.2.15[32]
7.2.162.4.3810.1.387.2.16[33]
7.2.172.4.3910.1.387.2.17[34]
7.2.182.4.3910.1.397.2.18[35]
7.2.192.4.3910.3.157.2.19[36]
7.2.202.4.3910.3.167.2.20[37]
7.2.212.4.3910.3.167.2.21[38]
7.2.222.4.4110.4.67.2.22[39]
7.2.232.4.4110.4.87.2.23[40]
7.2.242.4.4110.4.87.2.24[41]
7.2.252.4.4110.4.107.2.25[42]
7.2.262.4.4110.4.117.2.26[43]
7.2.272.4.4110.4.117.2.27[44]
7.2.282.4.4110.4.117.2.28[45]
7.2.292.4.4110.4.117.2.29[46]
7.2.302.4.4310.4.117.2.30[47]
7.2.312.4.4310.4.137.2.31[48]
7.2.322.4.4310.4.137.2.32[49]
7.3.02.4.3710.1.377.3.0[50]
7.3.12.4.3710.1.377.3.1[51]
7.3.22.4.3810.1.387.3.2[52]
7.3.32.4.3810.1.387.3.3[53]
7.3.42.4.3910.1.387.3.4[54]
7.3.52.4.3910.1.397.3.5[55]
7.3.62.4.3910.3.157.3.6[56]
7.3.72.4.3910.3.167.3.7[57]
7.3.82.4.3910.3.167.3.8[58]
7.3.92.4.4110.4.67.3.9[59]
7.3.102.4.4110.4.87.3.10[60]
7.3.112.4.4110.4.87.3.11[61]
7.3.122.4.4110.4.107.3.12[62]
7.3.132.4.4110.4.117.3.13[63]
7.3.142.4.4110.4.117.3.14[64]
7.3.152.4.4110.4.117.3.15[65]
7.3.162.4.4110.4.117.3.16[66]
7.3.172.4.4310.4.117.3.17[67]
7.3.182.4.4310.4.117.3.18[68]
7.3.192.4.4310.4.137.3.19[69]
7.3.202.4.4310.4.137.3.20[70]
7.4.12.4.4110.4.117.4.1[71]
7.4.22.4.4110.4.117.4.2[72]
7.4.32.4.4110.4.117.4.3[73]
7.4.42.4.4110.4.117.4.4[74]
7.4.52.4.4310.4.117.4.5[75]
7.4.62.4.4310.4.117.4.6[76]
7.4.72.4.4310.4.137.4.7[77]
7.4.82.4.4310.4.137.4.8[78]

See also

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