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xudzh
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need help with XAMPP

Post by xudzh »

Yesterday I was about to post to ask for directions about installing php on winXP but find XAMPP.

So I downloaded and installed it and followed the directions. Php was working fine. Then I went to http://localhost/ and entered the xampp security page. It said that mysql and phpmyadmin is unsecure so I clicked on the link that says fix problem. Then I entered the new password and restarted apache and mysql. In phpmyadmin I found out that tables that were there before were gone. Also I was asked to enter password before entering the phpmyadmin.

What is wrong?

Later I accidentally clicked on xampp_restart and now mysql_start.bat won't open... :(

Do I need to reinstall XAMPP ?? :?: :?:
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Post by Sphen001 »

Well, I'm not really sure about it, but why not reinstall? It's not that hard. And also, if this setup is only to be used for your testing purposes, it doesn't really matter if phpMyAdmin is insecure, because it's not used for anything except developing stuff.

Hope this helps :D

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Post by Burrito »

why not just install the differet apps separately? It's not that hard and if you need help, you know where to find us...not to mention the millions of web sites out there with documentation of how to do it 8O
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Post by theda »

I find Xampp really easy and simple to use. The only problem is that it's fairly TOO simple, and didn't take into account lower knowledge users (Beginnners and the such).

When installing Xampp, you have to do many things to get it 'secure.'

1. Ignore the "Put PHP in safe mode to make secure", it really doesn't matter, it's just local.
2. You really can't secure Mysql very well...
3. It mentioned the "security" page to change the passwords, it really doesn't do much. Just update the password for the authentication (ignore mysql part).
4. Securing Mysql a bit more with PHP myadmin: Go to phpMyAdmin while viewing the index page and find where it says "change password" or it might be in german "kennwort aendern" click it and update that.
5. Ignore securing the FileZilla.

This should secure everything that needs to be secured... Although it really doesn't matter, you can't view this server from the web (although on the pc you can view it via your webbrowser, no one else can on the web).

Personally, I really like Xampp, really fun to fiddle with. Really simple to use.
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