

It is worth noting that XAMPP contains a full-fledged FTP server and the phpMyAdmin utility and a huge number of other useful programs. This version of XAMPP is portable and does not require installation and works from any removable media. On their example we can look at and study the functionality and all the advantages of these programming languages. In the complete set there are the examples written in languages Perl and PHP.

This version contains: Apache, MySQL, PHP + PEAR, Perl, mod_php, mod_perl, mod_ssl, OpenSSL, phpMyAdmin, Webalizer, Mercury Mail Transport System for Win32 and NetWare Systems v3.32, Ming, FileZilla FTP Server, mcrypt, eAccelerator, SQLite, and WEB-DAV + mod_auth_mysql.XAMPP is a cross-platform build that contains Apache web server, MySQL, PHP script interpreter, Perl server programming language and a large number of additional libraries and utilities that allow you to quickly run a full-fledged and working web server on a Windows computer.

The distribution for Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, and 7. There are no changes to the Windows registry (not true if you use the Windows installer version of XAMPP) and it''s not necessary to edit any configuration files. To install XAMPP you only need to download and extract XAMPP, that''s all. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - just download, extract and start. XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. Many people know from their own experience that it''s not easy to install an Apache web server and it gets harder if you want to add MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is a free and open source cross-platform web server solution stack package, consisting mainly of the Apache HTTP Server, MySQL database, and interpreters for scripts written in the PHP and Perl programming languages.
