XAMPP with ubunutu on WSL2 for web development
Posted: 07. June 2020 06:51Hello
It has been some years since I last used XAMPP for windows. I had replaced XAMPP with WAMPserver because of the ease of use and the ability to switch PHP versions and MySQL versions with just a click.
Now I must move to using linux to maintain my Drupal sites, so I am looking into XAMPP again for managing my LAMP stack, using a linux GUI.
Is XAMPP the right tool for me today ?
What I particularly appreciate in WAMPserver is that everything comes pre-installed and pre-configured, and the program takes care of creating new vhosts, etc. as needed, no need to do anything in the Windows hosts file, etc. It just works directly out of the box. Also, changing PHP or MySQL versions takes just a mouseclick, for example I can click database->mysql5 and then PHP version->5.56, services-> restart and it's done. Or activating and deactivating Apache modules, setting PHP parameters, etc.
As I already wrote, some years ago I was using XAMPP for Windows but I switched to WAMPserver because it was more flexible and easier to use.
Has XAMPP evolved to offer the same ease of use?
It has been some years since I last used XAMPP for windows. I had replaced XAMPP with WAMPserver because of the ease of use and the ability to switch PHP versions and MySQL versions with just a click.
Now I must move to using linux to maintain my Drupal sites, so I am looking into XAMPP again for managing my LAMP stack, using a linux GUI.
Is XAMPP the right tool for me today ?
What I particularly appreciate in WAMPserver is that everything comes pre-installed and pre-configured, and the program takes care of creating new vhosts, etc. as needed, no need to do anything in the Windows hosts file, etc. It just works directly out of the box. Also, changing PHP or MySQL versions takes just a mouseclick, for example I can click database->mysql5 and then PHP version->5.56, services-> restart and it's done. Or activating and deactivating Apache modules, setting PHP parameters, etc.
As I already wrote, some years ago I was using XAMPP for Windows but I switched to WAMPserver because it was more flexible and easier to use.
Has XAMPP evolved to offer the same ease of use?