In this tutorial we will provide you with step by step instructions on installing Xampp.  Xampp provides you with the ability to run programs, scripts and code of any kind on your computer without the need of a web server, saving you time uploading files and the confidence in making any changes without it being seen publicly online.

Take note: This tutorial is for windows users only

The first thing you should do is go ahead and download Xampp from here:  http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

I recommend to download the EXE version of the program since its smaller and self installs. After you have downloaded Xampp, place it within your root drive, it most cases it will be drive C:\. Double click the EXE file to extract the content, shortly after you will see a Xampp folder, open the folder to locate the file “setup_xampp.bat” double click to run it. A command prompt window will appear and run through the setup process, once it has completed (shows the success message).

Now double click “xampp-control.exe”  this will bring up a control panel window with a set of options, click on the start buttons located adjacent of “Apache” and “MySql”. you will know that they are running by the text “Running” beside each of the start buttons.

Next open your web browser you can now enter the following URL:

http://localhost/xampp/splash.php

This will take you to the Xampp splash page, select your language and you have now successfully installed Xampp on your computer.