XAMPP Download

Web development involves the need to have a full server environment to test the websites and applications prior to deployment. If you are a WordPress developer, a PHP developer, or even a web programmer, a local server environment will save you the cost of hosting when developing your applications. XAMPP offers this development environment in a simple to install package with all the necessary components.

XAMPP provides a full web server stack comprising of Apache, MySQL, PHP, and Perl all in a single package. The software offers development capabilities that are invaluable to web developers and students:

• Single-click installation. The package installs all the server components automatically without complicated configuration, and gets developers up and running fast.
• Cross-platform compatibility that functions the same on Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems.
• Start and stop services with easy buttons on the control panel interface.
• Default settings that are not optimized to production security.
• Support of multiple versions of PHP to test compatibility in various environments.
• Visual database management with no command-line experience was provided by phpMyAdmin.
• Integration of FTP server to test file upload capability.
• Mercury mail server to develop local email features.
• Java-based web applications support by Tomcat.
• Portable version can be run without installation using USB drives.

The application basically provides a mini web hosting environment on your personal computer. It gives the server infrastructure required to test locally, whether it is a simple HTML site or a complex database-driven application.

XAMPP is a package of open-source server software with simplified configuration to be used in development. Once you launch the services, Apache will serve web pages, MySQL will offer database services and PHP will execute server-side code. The components are connected via localhost connections, which emulates a real web server environment without internet exposure.

The software is compatible with all the major operating systems, and each platform has optimizations specific to the version. Frequent releases make it compatible with the newest versions of PHP and security updates of the components included.

XAMPP offers the complete package that is needed to develop web applications to developers who require a local testing environment but do not want the complexity of server administration.