How To Install Drupal On Windows 7 With Xampp

An OSTraining fellow member asked how to setup Drupal with XAMPP so that they could work with multiple Drupal sites.

This tutorial will show you how, pace-by-stride.

Download XAMPP from Apache Friends.

Select the version you want to use:

Install information technology to a location of your pick. I have chosen "D:" for my installation.

Now that we have XAMPP installed, nosotros need to configure information technology. Launch the awarding and get to config:

From here you should check that the:

Editor selected is the one you want to use. I apply atom and so you lot tin can see that I have selected atom.
Browser if left empty will use your default browser.

If you accept some other service installed that is using port eighty, you will need to make a few changes to the "Service and Port Settings":

In order to employ the service, update the Apache Main Port and, if you use Mercury, alter Port 1.

Since I already have Port lxxx in utilise, I accept gear up the port to 8088:

Now XAMPP is configured but we also need to configure Apache to use the same settings.

Selecting Config:

Nosotros desire to check the httpd.conf:

This will open the file in our editor.

We need to update lines 58 and 221, changing 80 to 8088.

Save and close the file.

Now you will need to close XAMPP and reopen it.

Kickoff Apache and MySQL

If you lot have successfully started the service(s), it should appear in green. If y'all become an fault, it should be explained in the box below.

Now if we get to http://localhost:8088/ , you should see the default load screen for XAMPP:

At present check that PHPMyAdmin is likewise working -;http://localhost:8088/phpmyadmin/

We demand to make the empty database for the Drupal site.

Open the htdocs binder inside XAMPP either from your browser or utilise the Explorer push button from the XAMPP control panel.

Drop your files into a new folder. In this case, I take fabricated a new site and put information technology in a binder chosen Drupal8. To access this nosotros need to go to http://localhost:8088/drupal8/core/install.php and the installation process volition brainstorm. To create a database you but demand to requite it a name and utilise root equally the user. By default XAMPP does not set a countersign for PHPMyAdmin.

Drupal needs some PHP tweaks to run effectively. Go to the config button for Apache and select the PHP (php.ini)