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We've released the new version of XAMPP 1.7.4, including: Apache 2.2.17 MySQL 5.5.8 PHP 5.3.5 phpMyAdmin 3.3.9 FileZilla FTP Server 0.9.37 Tomcat 7.0.3 (w ith mod_proxy_ajp as connector) We do not have implemented the Tomcat in our Control Panel yet, so please use the batch scripts for start and stop: xampp/catalina_start.bat xampp/catalina_stop.bat For all "new comers": You only need the XAMPP basis package. "Add-On" packages are optional. Dow nload older versions of XAMPP (even the "old" W AMPP) directly from SourceForge. Vista Note: Because of missing or insufficient w rite permissions in "C:\Program Files", w e recommend to use alternate folder for XAMPP ("C:\xampp" or "C:\meinverzeichnis\xampp"). See also: FAQ - Vista problems

Jum p- off point Download XAMPP XAMPP Add-Ons The Installation Method A: Installation with the Installer Method B: "Installation" without the Installer I want to start XAMPP without setup The Practice Start, stop, test the XAMPP servers Installing a particular server as as service The XAMPP upgrades A m atter of security (A MUST READ!) The XAMPP security console The Uninstallation Method A: The Installer version Method B: The ZIP & 7zip versions Basic Questions Question Question Question Question Question READ ME Where can I get more information (FAQs, etc.)? What is where? 1: What is the "Lite" version of XAMPP? 2: Where should I place my web content? 3: Can I move the XAMPP installation? 4: "automatic start pages" for the WWW directories? 5: Where can I change the configuration?

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XAMPP XAMPP for W indow s exists in three different flavors: Installer Probably the most comfortable w ay to install XAMPP. ZIP: For purists: XAMPP as ordinary ZIP archive. 7zip: For purists w ith low bandw idth: XAMPP as 7zip archive. Attention: If you extract the files, there can be false-positives virus w arnings. See also: FAQ - virus warnings

XAMPP for Windows 1.7.4, 26.1.2011

Version Size Content Apache 2.2.17, MySQ L 5.5.8 + PBXT engine (currently disabled), PHP 5.3.5, O penSSL 0.9.8l, phpMyAdm in 3.3.9, XAMPP Control Panel 2.5.8, Webalizer 2.21-02, Mercury Mail Transport System v4.72, FileZilla FTP Server 0.9.37, SQ Lite 2.8.17, SQ Lite 3.6.20, ADO db 5.11, Xdebug 2.1.0rc1, Tom cat 7.0.3 (with m od_prox y_ajp as connector) For W indows 2000, XP, Vista, 7. See also README

XAMPP Windows 1.7.4

Installer ZIP 7zip

66 MB Installer
MD5 check sum : 84d88cb5b9471dd8d1d7b7952df9c2bf

123 MB ZIP archive

MD5 check sum : b4eaffeeaa256409ad800bec58dfd31a

56 MB 7zip archive
MD5 check sum : 62cb70cad583336686c35d9d22595fa0

XAMPP Add-Ons The follow ing packages are extensions (add-ons) for the above XAMPP package. You don't need them for normal w ork.

XAMPP for Windows Add-Ons

Version Size Content

Tomcat Add-On Perl Add-On

Since XAMPP 1.7.4 part of the basic package. Since XAMPP 1.7.2 part of the basic package.

Method A: Installation with the Installer Using the installer version is the easiest w ay to install XAMPP.

After the installation is complete, you w ill find XAMPP under Start | Programs | XAMPP. You can use the XAMPP Control Panel to start/stop all server and also install/uninstall services.

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The XAMPP control panel for start/stop Apache, MySQL, FilaZilla & Mercury or install these server as services.

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Method B: "Installation" without the Installer Unzip the zip archives into the folder of your choice. XAMPP is extracting to the subdirectory "[Ziel]\xampp" below the selected target directory. Now start the file "setup_xampp.bat", to adjust the XAMPP configuration to your system. If you choose a root directory "C:\" as target, you must not start "setup_xampp.bat". Like w ith the installer version, you can now use the "XAMPP Control Panel" for additional tasks. I want to start XAMPP without setup If you extract XAMPP in a top level folder like "C:\" or "D:\", you can start most servers like Apache or MySQL directly w ithout execution of the file "setup_xampp.bat". Not using the setup script, or selecting relative paths in the setup script, is preferred if you are installing XAMPP on a usb drive. Because on each pc such a drive can have an other drive letter. You can sw itch from absolute to relative paths at any time w ith the setup script.

Start, stop, test the XAMPP servers The universal control center is the "XAMPP Control Panel" (thanks is started w ith: w w w .nat32.com). It

\xampp\xampp-control.exe
As you know this from older XAMPP versions, you can also use some batchfiles to start/stop the servers: Apache & MySQL start:

\xampp\xampp_start.exe
Apache & MySQL stop:

\xampp\xampp_stop.exe
Nur Apache start:

\xampp\apache_start.bat
Nur Apache stop:

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\xampp\apache_stop.bat
Nur MySQL start:

\xampp\mysql_start.bat
Nur MySQL stop:

\xampp\mysql_stop.bat
Mercury Mailserver start:

\xampp\mercury_start.bat
Mercury Mailserver stop:

\xampp\mercury_stop.bat
FileZilla Server start:

\xampp\filezilla_start.bat
FileZilla Server stop:

\xampp\filezilla_stop.bat
Test After starting of Apache (and MySQL), go to the address http://localhost/ or http://127.0.0.1/ in your brow ser and examine all of the XAMPP examples and tools.

Installing a particular server as as service Each server in XAMPP you can install also as W ndow s service: Apache service install:

\xampp\apache\apache_installservice.bat
Apache service uninstall:

\xampp\apache\apache_uninstallservice.bat
MySQL service install:

\xampp\mysql\mysql_installservice.bat
MySQL service uninstall:

\xampp\mysql\mysql_uninstallservice.bat
FileZilla service (un)install:

\xampp\filezilla_setup.bat
Mercury: No service installation available! The XAMPP upgrades W ith a new XAMPP version, there is normally a upgrade package too. Additionally, w e have sometimes small patches betw een the releases. An upgrade is alw ays problematically and there can be errors in the upgrade process. Because of this, you should alw ays make a backup from your XAMPP folder before you upgrade it. w erden. We are trying to adjust your configuration files during the upgrade progress, if necessary. Especially if a new XAMPP have a lot of changes compared to the old one, w e are providing no upgrade package for security reasons. Sorry. As w ith the add-ons, install the upgrade directly into the XAMPP directory (e.g. "C:\xampp"). And you must also start the setup script "setup_xampp.bat".

The XAMPP security console As mentioned at another place, XAMPP is not meant for production use but only for developers in a development environment. XAMPP is configured is to be as open as possible and to allow the w eb developer anything he/she w ants. For development environments this is great but in a production environment it could be fatal. Here a list of missing security in XAMPP:

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The MySQL administrator (root) has no passw ord. The MySQL daemon is accessible via netw ork. phpMyAdmin is accessible via netw ork. The XAMPP demopage is accessible via netw ork. The default users of Mercury and FileZilla are know n. All points can be a huge security risk. Especially if XAMPP is accessible via netw ork and people outside your LAN. It can also help to use a firew all or a (NAT-) router. In case of a router or firew all, your pc is normally not accessible via netw ork. It is up to you to fix these problems. As a small help there is the "XAMPP Security console". Please secure XAMPP before publishing anything online. A firew all or an external router are only sufficient for low levels of security. For slightly more security, you can run the "XAMPP Security console" and assign passw ords. If you w ant have your XAMPP accessible from the internet, you should go to the follow ing URI w hich can fix some problems: http://localhost/security/

W ith the security console you can set a passw ord for the MySQL user "root" and phpMyAdmin. You can also enable a authentication for the XAMPP demopages.

This w eb based tool does not fix any additional security issues! Especially the FileZilla FTP server and the Mercury mail server you must secure yourself. If you don't need these servers, don't start them. A server w hich is not started, is very secure!

Method A: The Installer version If you installed XAMPP using the installer version, please use the Uninstaller! The Uninstaller w ill delete all XAMPP entries from your registry and it w ill uninstall some installed services included w ith XAMPP. We highly recommend that you use the Uninstall program for removing XAMPP installations from the Installer version. Please backup all the data you w ant to keep before uninstalling XAMPP. Method B: The ZIP & 7zip versions

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Shut dow n all XAMPP servers and exit all panels. If you installed any services, uninstall and shut them dow n too. Now simply delete the entire folder w here XAMPP is installed. There are no registry entries and no environment variables to clean up... just simply good, clean code!

Question 1: What is the "Lite" version of XAMPP? XAMPP Lite (means "light" as in "light-w eight") is a smaller bundle of XAMPP components, w hich is recommended for quick w ork using only PHP and MySQL. Some servers or tools such as Mercury Mail and FileZilla FTP are missing in the Lite version. Question 2: Where should I place my web content? The main directory for all W W W documents is \xampp\htdocs. If you put a file "test.html" in this directory, you can access it w ith the URI "http://localhost/test.html". Problems? See also: FAQ - XAMPP for Windows

And "test.php"? Just use "http://localhost/test.php". A simple testscript can be:

<?php echo 'Hallo world'; ?>

A new subdirectory for your w eb? Just make a new directory (e.g. "new ") inside the directory "\xampp\htdocs" (best w ithout w hitespaces and only ASCII), create a test file in this directory and access it w ith "http://localhost/new /test.php". Further specifics: HTML: Executable: \xampp\htdocs Allow ed endings: .html .htm => basic package SSI: Executable: \xampp\htdocs Allow ed endings: .shtml => basic package CGI: Executable: \xampp\htdocs and \xampp\cgi-bin Allow ed endings: .cgi => basic package PHP: Executable: \xampp\htdocs and \xampp\cgi-bin Allow ed endings: .php => basic package Perl: Executable: \xampp\htdocs and \xampp\cgi-bin Allow ed endings: .pl => basic package Apache::ASP Perl: Executable: \xampp\htdocs Allow ed endings: .asp => basic package JSP Java: Executable: \xampp\tomcat\w ebapps\java (e.g.) Allow ed endings: .jsp => Tomcat add-on Servlets Java: Executable: \xampp\tomcat\w ebapps\java (e.g.) Allow ed endings: .html (u.a) => Tomcat add-on Question 3: Can I move the XAMPP installation? Yes, that's possible w ith XAMPP. After moving of the XAMPP directory, jou must execute "setup_xampp.bat". The paths in the configuration files w ill be adjusted w ith this step. If you have installed any server as W indow s service, you must first remove the W indow s service, and after the moving you can install the service again. Warning: The configuration files from your ow n scripts, like for the softw are phpBB, are not adjusted. This task is up to you. But it's possible to w rite a "plug-in" the installer. W ith such a plug-in, the installer can adjust such files too.. Question 4: "automatic start pages" for the WWW directories? The standard filename for the Apache function "DirectoryIndex" is "index.html" or "index.php". Every time you are just brow sing to a folder (e.g. "http://localhost/xampp/"), and Apache can find such a file, Apache is displaying this file instead of a directory listing. Question 5: Where can I change the configuration? Almost all settings in XAMPP you can change w ith configuration files. Just open the file in
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a textedit and change the setting you w ant. Only FileZilla and Mercury should be configured w ith the application config tool. A list of the configuration files you can find in the table configuration files.

Where can I get more information (FAQs, etc.)? Problems? See also: FAQ - XAMPP for Windows What is where? Configuration files File (Directory) \xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf Usage The main configuration file for Apache. It's including other files from the subdirectory "extra". Still questions? See also: Apache Friends Support Forum

\xampp\FileZillaFTP\FileZilla Server.xml The configuration file for the FileZilla FTP server. It's configured w ith the application "FileZilla Server Interface.exe" (button "Admin" in CP). \xampp\MercuryMail\mercury.ini The configuration file for the Mercury SMTP server. It's configured w ith the application "mercury.exe" (button "Admin" in CP). The configuration file for the MySQL Server. The configuration file for PHP. The configuration file for phpMyAdmin. The configuration file for msmtp (sendmail compatible interface). The configuration file for the Webalizer.

\mysql\bin\my.ini \xampp\php\php.ini \xampp\phpMyAdmin\config.inc.php \xampp\sendmail\sendmail.ini \xampp\w ebalizer\w ebalizer.conf Logfiles File (Directory)

Usage

\xampp\apache\logs\error.log The error log from Apache. Additional files can be in the same directory (if enabled). \xampp\FileZillaFTP\Logs \xampp\MercuryMail\LOGS\ \xampp\mysql\data\mysql.err The logfiles from FileZilla FTP server (if enabled). In subdirectories of this files are the logfiles from the several Mercury SMTP server modules. The error log from MySQL. Additional files can be in the same directory (if enabled).

\xampp\sendmail\sendmail.log The logfile from msmtp (sendmail compatible interface). common directories File (Directory) \xampp\anonymous \xampp\cgi-bin \xampp\htdocs \xampp\MercuryMail\MAIL \xampp\mysql\data \xampp\w ebdav For the CGI scripts. There are the files from your homepage. The mail postboxes. The databases. The directory for WebDAV access (if enabled). Usage Dow nload directory for anonymous FTP access.

Author: Kay Vogelgesang Co-Autor: Kai 'O swald' Seidler Last m odification: Wed Jan 26 14:17:47 2011 2002-2011 Apache Friends, Im print

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