XAMPP

About XAMPP:XAMPP is a small and light Apache distribution

containing the most common web developmenttechnologies in a single package. Its contents, small

size, and portability make it the ideal tool for developing and testing applications in PHP and MySQL.

Definition: XAMPP is a small and light Apache distribution

containing the most common web developmenttechnologies in a single package.

INSTALLING, CONFIGURING, AND DEVELOPING WITH XAMPP

Check whether the LAMP Software is installed by following Steps:1. Goto Places-> Computer-> File System-> opt2. If opt exists uninstall lampp using unistall command in terminal, if not

uninstall the lampp server by the Command, fp057@pbs057:~$ sudo rm -rf /opt /lampp3. For Installing XAMPP: Download the Content of XAMPP from the following Website http://sourceforge.net/projects/xamp/files/XAMPP%20Linux/1.7.2/

xampp-linux-1.7.2.tar.gz/download4. After Completion of Downloaded Content goto Applications->

Accesories-> Terminal. Type The Following, fp057@pbs057:~$ cd Downloads fp057@pbs057:~/Downloads$ 5. Copy the Download content to the opt by, fp057@pbs057:~/Downloads$ cp xampp-linux-1.7.2.tar.gz /opt fp057@pbs057:~/Downloads$ dir

6. To extract the zip file by command use, fp057@pbs057:~/Downloads$ cd /opt fp057@pbs057:/opt$ sudo tar -xvzf or xfz xampp-linux-1.7.2.tar.gz fp057@pbs057:~/opt$ cd fp057@pbs057:~$ 7. To Start the lampp Server type fp057@pbs057:~$ sudo /opt/lampp /lampp start8. To Start the lampp Server type fp057@pbs057:~$ sudo /opt/lampp /lampp stop9. Testing to find how the process done in a best manner. i. Type http://localhost in the Web Browser.

ii. To Start the XAMPP autostart at loginType $ sudo gedit /etc/rc.local iii. Now the rc.local file will open in a new Window. In That File, Paste the Code in end of the rc.local file /opt/lampp/lampp start

Start & Stop Parameters

1. start start Xampp2. stop stop Xampp3. restart stops and start Xampp4. startapache starts only apache5. startmysql starts only mysql6. stopapache stops only apache7. stopmysql stops only mysql

Files And Directories :

The XAMPP commands home- /opt/lampp/bin/ The MySQL Monitor calls- /opt/lampp/bin/ The Apache Document Root directory-

/opt/lampp/htdocs/

The Apache Configuration file- /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf

The MYSQL configuration file- /opt/lampp/etc/my.conf

The PHP Configuration file- /opt/lampp/etc/php.ini

The ProFTPD Configuration file- /opt/lampp/etc/proftpd.conf

The PHPMy Admin Configuration file- /opt/lampp/etc/config.inc.php