In this guide, I have described how to install and configure a XAMPP Server on Windows 10. XAMPP is a free and open-source tool, used for testing purposes.

These are 5 of the best Xampp Server alternatives as they combine the three necessities - MySQL, PHP, and Apache, for a good testing software.

Last week in Gearhead I discussed the struggle to get my hosting provider to give me a server with the version of PHP I needed to run a PHP-based groupware system.