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Xn0vv3r

Reputation: 18184

When to prefer XAMPP over a complete installation of Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP

In which cases, except development, would you prefer XAMPP over a complete installation and configuration of Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1410

Answers (4)

jarchuleta
jarchuleta

Reputation: 1241

XAMPP is great for development because it's simple and fast.

It's not about lack of skill or knowledge to build a server. It's a simpler solution. It's great if you want to use PHP and MySQL. I wouldn't try to run a production server or try to add modules to it.

Upvotes: 0

UnkwnTech
UnkwnTech

Reputation: 90881

I would say that XAMPP would be preferred over a complete manual install, whenever one is not confident enough, skilled enough, experienced enough, or educated enough to properly install, the OS, HTTP server, database server, and language system with all the mainstream security and stability aspects in mind, and compensated for.

Although I recognize that XAMPP is not perfect, it is, in 99% of cases, much better than anyone without proper knowledge could accomplish.

Upvotes: 1

adonm
adonm

Reputation: 57

LAMP will perform 4x better

Benchmarks: http://www.formboss.net/blog/2010/02/hosting-php-linux-vs-windows-benchmarks/

Upvotes: -2

Steven Robbins
Steven Robbins

Reputation: 26599

Other than development, the only other time I use it is for demos - it's nice being able to take a "solution on a stick" to a customer.

I'd never consider it for a live/public site though.

Upvotes: 5

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