Andrew R Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Sorry, not sure where else to post this? I was wondering what you think is the best WAMP Server in terms of functionality, usability, security, support etc taking into consideration it will only be used as a testing/development server when I'm not connected to the internet. There seems to be a quite a number of them out there and I'm confused on which one is the best for this purpose. I’ve tried AppServ and WampServer and they run perfectly but I’m wondering what other ones people recommend. As a bare minimum I need http apache and phpmyadmin installed and a simple user interface that allows me to stop the server so it's not running when I'm connected to the internet. Many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genericnumber1 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 The easiest to set up would be (in my opinion) Xampp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I never tried WAMP, but I do use XAMPP, and it is rock solid thus far. Never had problems with it to date. Setup was so simple it was a joke. The XAMPP site offers a few ways to install it (very easy instructions to follow). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I don't see the big issue simply installing apache, mysql and php. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 That's always been my view too. WAMPServer seems overrated to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew R Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 I'm very impressed with XAMPP. Although it’s a bit of a struggle in working out how to change the phpMyAdmin password. Although is there any point having a password for phpMyAdmin on testing server as I'm going to be the only user? Which leads onto my next question.... Is it possible for somebody to simply type my IP address in and view the files/phpMyAdmin etc or is there a security feature in either XAMPP or Windows that disables this? Many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildteen88 Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Is it possible for somebody to simply type my IP address in and view the files/phpMyAdmin etc or is there a security feature in either XAMPP or Windows that disables this? Most probably anyone that is on your LAN will be able to access phpMyAdmin if you dont protect it in someway. Also if your computer/router is setup to allow external connections to port 80 anyone from the internet will too. One simple step you could do is to only allow certain IP addresses to access the /phpmyadmin directory. To prevent anyone but localhost connections to access phpmyadmin place the following within a .htaccess file and save within the root of the phpMyAdmin directory Order Deny,Allow Allow from 127.0.0.1 You can add other IP addys too to the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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