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Mar 06.2008

How easy would this be to do? I’m trying to build a site and I want to be able to test it on my laptop.

Preferably all free stuff.

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@peloweMar 06.2008 — http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

Totally free and works great.
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@the-ferretMar 06.2008 — I did exactly that, I run apache, mysql and php on my laptop ... all free. just google for the downloads [appparently other search engines are available?]
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@xvszeroauthorMar 14.2008 — I got Xamp and it seemed to have errors, including a window that kept popping up new every 10 seconds or so until they filled my screen. So I uninstalled it. My laptop is a brand new XP Home... it should work right?

Blah. Any suggestions?
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@Declan1991Mar 14.2008 — Try it again. I've never had any problems with XAMPPLite.
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@NogDogMar 15.2008 — I had some problems with XAMPP when I got my new notebook with Vista about a year ago. I don't remember what the exact problem was, but I decided to try installing [url=http://www.wampserver.com/en/]WAMP[/url] as a quick way to see if it was something with the actual server software or just with the installation, and everything worked just fine out of the box. I also found that I liked the WAMP user interface better, so have stuck with it since then. But I still have XAMPP running just fine on my WinXP desktop.
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@bokehMar 15.2008 — Why not download and install Apache, PHP and MySQL individually. That way you can update each when a new one is released instead of waiting for a new package (which is normally months later).
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@NogDogMar 15.2008 — Why not download and install Apache, PHP and MySQL individually. That way you can update each when a new one is released instead of waiting for a new package (which is normally months later).[/QUOTE]
Because I'm lazy and find system admin type stuff extremely boring. ?
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