Poking around the FAQs and the forum here, I haven't seen this addressed at all, so I thought I would ask. If I've installed an older version of XAMPP, used it and placed working data into MySQL, how do I think upgrade to the next version of XAMPP safely?
I use a Windows computer (NT on one and XP on another). I installed XAMPP using the installer programs. I'm sure I'm just being naive and ignorant here, but what do I do when I upgrade:
1) Just download and install the latest XAMPP package. Everything will then be fine.
2) Don't ever download and install XAMPP again. If you want to upgrade Apache, download and install it safely. MySQL, PHP, etc. -- same thing.
3) Export your data from MySQL (backup?), backup htdocs folder. Uninstall XAMPP. Download/install latest XAMPP. Import data that was backed up before.
4) Some other process entirely that I'm not even thinking of.
Thanks in advance.