Effortlessly install a development server running Apache, MySQL, and PHP with XAMPP for Windows.

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.

XAMPP also installs an admin site as the home page of the server. From here you can check the server status and security, launch tools such as phpMyAdmin and Webalizer analytics, and view PHP demos ...

Zend Core is Zend’s certified PHP distribution; version 2.5 is certified for Windows Server 2008. “The certification means that customers who choose to use it on Windows Server 2008 know that ...