Optimized XAMPP settings.

[malik15]

I wasted a lot of time just to be able to work normally with XAMPP.
It is impossible to work with this program normally because there are traps and blockades at every step.
These days, 32 gigabytes of RAM and 3 terabytes of disk space are the common configuration. 1gb tabel it is normal.
But the XAMPP, simes stopped 20 years ago. And the limitations in the program are so narrow at every step.
So, there is a lock and many tasks have to be done twice.
Most of the time the work is like I start doing something and the programs crash because there are limitations.
This is very frustrating and ridiculous.
For example
max_allowed_packet=1M
This value is set to ONE by default. Why?
From: MySQL :: MySQL 8.0 Reference Manual :: B.3.2.8 Packet Too Large - https://dev.mysql.com/
The server's default max_allowed_packet value is 64MB.
It is safe to increase the value of this variable because the extra memory is allocated only when needed.


So I thought it might be worth publishing here Normal setting for XAMPP.
This is my my.ini file:

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# Example MySQL config file for small systems.
#
# This is for a system with little memory (<= 64M) where MySQL is only used
# from time to time and it's important that the mysqld daemon
# doesn't use much resources.
#
# You can copy this file to
# X:/xampp/mysql/bin/my.cnf to set global options,
# mysql-data-dir/my.cnf to set server-specific options (in this
# installation this directory is X:/xampp/mysql/data) or
# ~/.my.cnf to set user-specific options.
#
# In this file, you can use all long options that a program supports.
# If you want to know which options a program supports, run the program
# with the "--help" option.

# The following options will be passed to all MySQL clients
[client]
# password       = your_password
port=3306
socket="X:/xampp/mysql/mysql.sock"


# Here follows entries for some specific programs

# The MySQL server
default-character-set=utf8mb4
[mysqld]
port=3306
socket="X:/xampp/mysql/mysql.sock"
basedir="X:/xampp/mysql"
tmpdir="X:/xampp/tmp"
datadir="X:/xampp/mysql/data"
pid_file="mysql.pid"
# enable-named-pipe
key_buffer=16M
max_allowed_packet=1024M
sort_buffer_size=1024K
net_buffer_length=16K
read_buffer_size=512K
read_rnd_buffer_size=1024K
myisam_sort_buffer_size=16M
log_error="mysql_error.log"

# Change here for bind listening
# bind-address="127.0.0.1"
# bind-address = ::1          # for ipv6

# Where do all the plugins live
plugin_dir="X:/xampp/mysql/lib/plugin/"

# Don't listen on a TCP/IP port at all. This can be a security enhancement,
# if all processes that need to connect to mysqld run on the same host.
# All interaction with mysqld must be made via Unix sockets or named pipes.
# Note that using this option without enabling named pipes on Windows
# (via the "enable-named-pipe" option) will render mysqld useless!
#
# commented in by lampp security
#skip-networking
#skip-federated

# Replication Master Server (default)
# binary logging is required for replication
# log-bin deactivated by default since XAMPP 1.4.11
#log-bin=mysql-bin

# required unique id between 1 and 2^32 - 1
# defaults to 1 if master-host is not set
# but will not function as a master if omitted
server-id   =1

# Replication Slave (comment out master section to use this)
#
# To configure this host as a replication slave, you can choose between
# two methods :
#
# 1) Use the CHANGE MASTER TO command (fully described in our manual) -
#    the syntax is:
#
#    CHANGE MASTER TO MASTER_HOST=<host>, MASTER_PORT=<port>,
#    MASTER_USER=<user>, MASTER_PASSWORD=<password> ;
#
#    where you replace <host>, <user>, <password> by quoted strings and
#    <port> by the master's port number (3306 by default).
#
#    Example:
#
#    CHANGE MASTER TO MASTER_HOST='125.564.12.1', MASTER_PORT=3306,
#    MASTER_USER='joe', MASTER_PASSWORD='secret';
#
# OR
#
# 2) Set the variables below. However, in case you choose this method, then
#    start replication for the first time (even unsuccessfully, for example
#    if you mistyped the password in master-password and the slave fails to
#    connect), the slave will create a master.info file, and any later
#    change in this file to the variables' values below will be ignored and
#    overridden by the content of the master.info file, unless you shutdown
#    the slave server, delete master.info and restart the slaver server.
#    For that reason, you may want to leave the lines below untouched
#    (commented) and instead use CHANGE MASTER TO (see above)
#
# required unique id between 2 and 2^32 - 1
# (and different from the master)
# defaults to 2 if master-host is set
# but will not function as a slave if omitted
#server-id       = 2
#
# The replication master for this slave - required
#master-host     =   <hostname>
#
# The username the slave will use for authentication when connecting
# to the master - required
#master-user     =   <username>
#
# The password the slave will authenticate with when connecting to
# the master - required
#master-password =   <password>
#
# The port the master is listening on.
# optional - defaults to 3306
#master-port     =  <port>
#
# binary logging - not required for slaves, but recommended
#log-bin=mysql-bin


# Point the following paths to different dedicated disks
#tmpdir = "X:/xampp/tmp"
#log-update = /path-to-dedicated-directory/hostname

# Uncomment the following if you are using BDB tables
#bdb_cache_size = 4M
#bdb_max_lock = 10000

# Comment the following if you are using InnoDB tables
#skip-innodb
innodb_data_home_dir="X:/xampp/mysql/data"
innodb_data_file_path=ibdata1:10M:autoextend
innodb_log_group_home_dir="X:/xampp/mysql/data"
#innodb_log_arch_dir = "X:/xampp/mysql/data"
## You can set .._buffer_pool_size up to 50 - 80 %
## of RAM but beware of setting memory usage too high
innodb_buffer_pool_size=16M
## Set .._log_file_size to 25 % of buffer pool size
innodb_log_file_size=10M
innodb_log_buffer_size=8M
innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=1
innodb_lock_wait_timeout=100

## UTF 8 Settings
#init-connect=\'SET NAMES utf8\'
#collation_server=utf8_unicode_ci
#character_set_server=utf8
#skip-character-set-client-handshake
#character_sets-dir="X:/xampp/mysql/share/charsets"
sql_mode=NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION
log_bin_trust_function_creators=1

character-set-server=utf8mb4
collation-server=utf8mb4_general_ci
[mysqldump]
max_allowed_packet=512M

[mysql]
# Remove the next comment character if you are not familiar with SQL
#safe-updates

[isamchk]
key_buffer=40M
sort_buffer_size=40M
read_buffer=4M
write_buffer=4M

[myisamchk]
key_buffer=40M
sort_buffer_size=40M
read_buffer=4M
write_buffer=4M

[mysqlhotcopy]


[Froosh]

Sorry you feel your time was wasted.

In my view, I am not sure wasted a lot of time is the best way to look at this. You learned something. I also think you are making a lot of assumptions about typical systems. Perhaps the values you quote are appropriate for new/newer systems, but not all users have such equipment available to them. So, to me, the settings are just fine, as they make few assumptions about a system being new. If those settings do not suit our purposes, we are free to adjust, and I am good with doing a bit of research and learning along the way, not wasted time in my view, especially for a free offering...

[Altrea]

None of my notebooks or desktop computers does have 32GB ram or 3TB hdd. Just saying.

But yeah, the default values are pretty old XAMPP is shipped with.

[malik15]

Thank you for your response.
Sorry, but I politely disagree.
If 64mb is recommended, set 1mb is ridiculous.

Of course, we can adjust everything, We can compile a Linux kernel and even do your own distro   you learn so much, or you can just use Arch Linux.
After all, XAMPP is not a drawing tool for preschoolers. This is a tool, I suppose, for testing on a local machine. But if I need to study DevOPS to do it, then it's simpler to go to hosting.
The cheapest  and slowest shared hosting works much faster than my 16GB 16 core 3.7 Ghz comp, working like a XAMPP server.
In one word, I can't work with that.
It is much cheaper to buy hosting for 20$/month, then waste time struggling with XAMPP. 
And to be clear, this isn't the first time I've tried to use locally XAMPP.
It seems like a very nice tool, but completely unprepared.
I've always thought that the default settings were the optimal settings for a given tool. 

Could some good man share the Configuration File ?

[malik15]

None of my notebooks or desktop computers does have 32GB ram or 3TB hdd. Just saying.

But yeah, the default values are pretty old XAMPP is shipped with.

Thank you to say that.
My notebook too. I have 8 years old Dell, and I think it could run 30x XAMPP instance.
I also have a Intel USB Stick with 2MB RAM and for fun I can run XAMPP on it too, and I suppose (with the default settings) it won't make the most of it.

XAMPP on Intel atom; 2GB RAM works fine, this tool is optimized for this kind of system
I am writing it a bit jokingly, not ironically, because this is an old 32bit XAMPP , but still.

[malik15]

I finally found the best XAMPP config for PHP, MySQL etc.
if you want to speed up XAMPP it is just one line of code, type largon in google and you find a solution.
You don't need to be a DevOps, you can just work/programming on your project.