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What is the best way to test PHP sites/Wordpress?

Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:20 pm
by chloe.gray
Hi,

I've heard about various ways of testing PHP/Wordpress sites on one's compute before uploading the files to the server. Typically I create a testing directory and work from there, but this requires a big switch before going live which can be stressful and time consuming. Would you recommend XAMPP, or something else?

I enabled Apache on my MacBook Pro (running Snow Leopard) but am not quite sure how to utilize this to test php sites. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Re: What is the best way to test PHP sites/Wordpress?

Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:27 pm
by matthijs
I have MAMP Pro running on my Mac
http://www.mamp.info/en/index.html

Drag and drop install and you have PHP, MySql, PHPmyadmin, Sqlitemanager installed and you're able to manage different hosts. Each time I have a new project, I create a new host and am ready in a few mouse clicks.