alfredo Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Hello, I m a noob and I need to know a thing. Which one I should I use for local host? Wamp xampp or IIS? Which one will help me now and in future development? Which one is much more preferable? Thank you. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/277074-wamp-xampp-or-iis-which-one/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 No one hosts anything on IIS unless they are forced to. Wamp and Xamp both use Apache under the hood. If I was being forced to use Windows as a desktop machine and wanted to get started with php I would install VirtualBox & Vagrant, get a Linux distro up and running, and install the l(a|n)mp stack from there (the "n" is for Nginx, which, as a http server is becoming a very popular choice these days). Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/277074-wamp-xampp-or-iis-which-one/#findComment-1425442 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredo Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 Thank you very much for the quick reply. Personally, what u use? Wamp and Xamp? I know both are similar but curious to know, what pros like u use Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/277074-wamp-xampp-or-iis-which-one/#findComment-1425446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzycoder Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I would recommend you to use Xampp as its easy to setup & manage. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/277074-wamp-xampp-or-iis-which-one/#findComment-1429121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 I like WAMP Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/277074-wamp-xampp-or-iis-which-one/#findComment-1429412 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irate Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 I have IIS as testing localhost with MSSQL installed, it does the job just fine, but I guess WAMP is better due to easy maintainability and setup. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/277074-wamp-xampp-or-iis-which-one/#findComment-1429462 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eiseth Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 I like ampps for windows, easy to change between 5.2 - 5.4, has lots of scripts and frameworks. http://www.ampps.com/ Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/277074-wamp-xampp-or-iis-which-one/#findComment-1431095 Share on other sites More sharing options...
annaharris Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I suggest you to go with IIS. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/277074-wamp-xampp-or-iis-which-one/#findComment-1431350 Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 I suggest you to go with IIS. Ridiculous. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/277074-wamp-xampp-or-iis-which-one/#findComment-1431474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenLiam Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 I use WAMPServer on my laptop and it works fine. Last time I used XAMPP it was very confusing (I was a beginner then, go figure). I find WAMPServer easier because I can have multiple PHP versions and change to any of them at the click of a button. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/277074-wamp-xampp-or-iis-which-one/#findComment-1431784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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