XAMPP is a collection of free software for installing and using the Apache Web server. Basically, it is an Apache distribution that includes the Apache Web server, MySQL, PHP, Perl an FTP server and ...

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.

Want to get a LAMP development effort fired up without the hassles of configuring everything from scratch? XAMPP makes it a breeze.

XAMPP is a software bundle made by apachefriends.org that takes Apache, PHP, MySQL, Perl, and other web technologies and wraps it into one neat, ready-to-run installation package.