

Locate the directory where you installed your XAMPP application. Okay so here is the most interesting step. Dreamweaver is a lot more than an editor and has some extra nice features but it’s not free. Notepad++ is the simplest (my first editor). Sublime has pretty nice interface and is quiet efficient. It’s totally up to you to decide which editor to download. Step 4: Download an Editor/IDE to code your programs:.

This means your services are running successfully and now you may start web application development in PHP – MySQL. Now open your browser (IExplorer/Chrome/Firefox… etc) and type in “ You will see XAMPP logo or home page.

Quit all the applications like Hamachi, Skype and any other network service. Start the service again. If you are not able to start it and the server shows “busy” status, it means that you are already using the port required by MySQL and Apache. Once started successfully, it will show you the status (green means running). Start MySQL as well Apache Services by clicking on the start/run button beside. You will see a control panel for the XAMPP server. (In case of Mac, find it in your applications folder.) Run the XAMPP application by clicking the shortcut on your desktop. Install this application in a separate directory the one you made during download. Check on the MySQL, Apache services and install them all (though not recommended as it may sometimes clash with other network services running on your system) Step 2: Intall XAMPP server:- Xampp Installation.Ĭlick on the application you just downloaded and follow the installation procedure step by step. So as to keep things organised and free from hassel. (In case of windows user,) make sure you download it in separate directory other than the one where you have your windows installed. Pick up the latest XAMPP installation version and download it to your system.

I want to keep everything simple and step by step guide for beginners. This is an introductory tutorial where we setup our first PHP-MySQL project using XAMPP. Follow the following steps to get started with web application development without any hassel.
