Which installer is better?

[Primal Oooze]

XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use -
just download, extract and start.

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

WinLAMP is an installer for Apache, MySQL, and PHP.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=80998

WinLAMP is about 60 mgb
XAMPP is about 30 mgb
That's all I know about them.

Which is easiest to install and use??
All I need is apache server, php and mySql.

[Primal Oooze]

Re: Which installer is better?


XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use -[color=blue]
> just download, extract and start.
> http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
>
> WinLAMP is an installer for Apache, MySQL, and PHP.
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...group_id=80998
>
> WinLAMP is about 60 mgb
> XAMPP is about 30 mgb
> That's all I know about them.
>
> Which is easiest to install and use??
> All I need is apache server, php and mySql.
>
>
>[/color]

Oh yeah, a Windows installer for XP

[Joe Attardi]

Re: Which installer is better?

Primal Oooze wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
> > WinLAMP is an installer for Apache, MySQL, and PHP.
> > http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...group_id=80998[/color][/color]

WinLAMP?
Stop me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the 'L' in LAMP stand for 'Linux' ?

[Primal Oooze]

Re: Which installer is better?


"Joe Attardi" <jattardi@gmail .com> wrote in message news:1138652964 .153033.224580@ g47g2000cwa.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=blue]
> Primal Oooze wrote:[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > WinLAMP is an installer for Apache, MySQL, and PHP.
> > > http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...group_id=80998[/color][/color]
>
> WinLAMP?
> Stop me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the 'L' in LAMP stand for 'Linux' ?
>[/color]

Nope.

WinLAMP is an installer for Apache, MySQL, and PHP. Runs on Windows NT, 2000, XP.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/winlamp/

[Kim André Akerø]

Re: Which installer is better?

Primal Oooze wrote:
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>
> "Joe Attardi" <jattardi@gmail .com> wrote in message
> news:1138652964 .153033.224580@ g47g2000cwa.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=green]
> > Primal Oooze wrote:[color=darkred]
> > > > WinLAMP is an installer for Apache, MySQL, and PHP.
> > > > http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...group_id=80998[/color]
> >
> > WinLAMP?
> > Stop me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the 'L' in LAMP stand for 'Linux'
> > ?
> >[/color]
>
> Nope.
>
> WinLAMP is an installer for Apache, MySQL, and PHP. Runs on Windows
> NT, 2000, XP. http://sourceforge.net/projects/winlamp/[/color]

Then the people behind the WinLAMP project must be half-baked in naming
their product. The common abbreviations in this context are:

LAMP = Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP
WAMP = Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP

--
Kim André Akerø
- kimandre@NOSPAM betadome.com
(remove NOSPAM to contact me directly)

[Joe Attardi]

Re: Which installer is better?


Kim André Akerø wrote:[color=blue]
> Then the people behind the WinLAMP project must be half-baked in naming
> their product. The common abbreviations in this context are:
>
> LAMP = Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP[/color]

Thanks Kim, I knew I wasn't crazy!
WinLAMP needs to re-name their project. Maybe someone should tell them
that their product is called "Windows Linux Apache MySQL and PHP" :-)

--
jpa

[Primal Oooze]

Re: Which installer is better?

Maybe I'm asking the wrong question.
For some reason I was under the impression that these were two popular installers and I'd get some insightful feedback.

Seeing as that doesn't seem to be the case, is there another installer that 's known to be easy (as pie ) to configure, get up and
running, and has easy to use, dependable features.

[Carl Vondrick]

Re: Which installer is better?

Primal Oooze wrote:[color=blue]
> XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use -
> just download, extract and start.
> http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
>
> WinLAMP is an installer for Apache, MySQL, and PHP.
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...group_id=80998
>
> WinLAMP is about 60 mgb
> XAMPP is about 30 mgb
> That's all I know about them.
>
> Which is easiest to install and use??
> All I need is apache server, php and mySql.
>
>
>[/color]
I recommend XAMPP to newer PHP developers. I find it easy to use, and
it sets everything up for you. It is truly no hassle.

However, you should just install PHP and Apache on their own. It's not
that hard, and it works quite fine for me. Do a Google search for a
tutorial.

--


Carl Vondrick
usenet@carlsoft .net

https://www.carlsoft.net

[jbeduya]

Re: Which installer is better?

If you want something that really does what it means, you can try out
WampServer. http://www.wampserver.com.

[f3l_]

Re: Which installer is better?

the solution is crystal clear to me, just remove the l
winamp

wait...
i think that one is taken


/f3l

[william.clarke@gmail.com]

Re: Which installer is better?

WinLAMP stands for "WinLAMP Is Not LAMP" (You've gotta love acronyms
that are self-inclusive...)

I've used both products and I found that the way Winlamp sets things up
is a little neater than XAMPP, but XAMPP offers additional features
(see the list on their site).

Personally I'd go for WinLAMP but really there isn't that much
separating them.