Hello Everyone,
I just installed XAMPP yesterday. I played around with it today and have a few questions about the configuration. I previously used Apache/MySQL/PHP for several years on a different computer. I had installed it piecemeal; first Apache, then MySQL, then PHP, and manually configured the 'php.ini' and 'httpd.conf' files.
With XAMPP, it seems I don't have to do any special configuring. but I want to confirm that. I looked at the 'php.ini' file and found that the extension for 'PHP_MySQL.dll' was set correctly. However, the 'Register_Globals' was set to Off and I had wanted to turn it On. The comments in the file suggested that off was preferable.
In the 'httpd.conf' file, the 'DirectoryIndex' line was correct. But I could not find the line for 'LoadModule php5_module = "C"/path/php5apache.dll' in the 'LoadModule' section. Nor could I find the 'Addmodule mod_php5.c' line as there was no 'Addmodule' section. In addition, I could not find the section headed by '<IfModule mod_mime.c>' to add the 'AddType application/x-httpd-php.php' line. There was a section headed by 'IfModule mime_module>'. Are they the same? I don't think so.
My question is whether these changes are needed under XAMPP? Apache and MySQL turn on without problems. I am able to bring up the localhost prompt in the browser and see the phpinfo() page as well as the XAMPP Welcome and Status pages.
Am I now able to develop a php file and view it in my browser without problems? I have not tested that yet.
I am not a professional developer. I am teaching myself programming.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Nathan