Connecting apache as a testing server

Thanks for this information. Ive done a bit of research on WAMP and cant see any bad stuff. So, Im going to go ahead and use it. If I have any problems I will feed them back to the forum

boo27

Dooza wrote:
> Don't they do the same thing? Install and configure Apache, MySQL and PHP?

I think they do. The main consideration is how invasive they are.
Anything that alters Windows system folders or the registry should be
treated with caution. AFAIK, XAMPP doesn't mess with either. I don't
know about Wamp.

When I first started using PHP, there was a very popular all-in-one
installer called Firepages. It worked very well, but it was created by
just one guy. When he was no longer able to maintain it, a lot of people
found it left behind things in the system folders that made it more
difficult to install the standard versions. To be fair to the developer,
he did provide a batch file that uninstalled things properly, but a lot
of people were unaware of its existence.

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David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3" (friends of ED)
Author, "PHP Solutions" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/

Boo27 wrote:
> Has anyone got any recommendations as to the benefits or differences between Wamp and XAMPP?

Don't they do the same thing? Install and configure Apache, MySQL and PHP?

Dooza

Boo27 wrote:
> Has anyone got any recommendations as to the benefits or differences between Wamp and XAMPP?

I don't use either myself, but the training centre where I teach
Dreamweaver uses XAMPP. Both I and the centre manager, whose decision it
was to go with XAMPP, find it very reliable.

--
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3" (friends of ED)
Author, "PHP Solutions" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/

Has anyone got any recommendations as to the benefits or differences between Wamp and XAMPP?

XAMPP is a really handy "AMP" tool as well!
http://www.nat32.com/xampp/index.htm

Boo27 wrote:
> However when I have re-set the site manager to include the local server, will
> it mean i cannot use dreamweaver as an FTP to my remote server?

No. You set up the testing and remote servers separately in the Site
Definition dialog box.

--
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3" (friends of ED)
Author, "PHP Solutions" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/