How To Install & Configure XAMPP On Windows 10 – Step By Step | For Beginners

XAMPP is a free and open-source cross-platform web server developed by Apache Friends. It consists mainly of the Apache HTTP Server, MariaDB database, and interpreters for PHP and Perl.

In this tutorial we will guide you step-by-step to How to install XAMPP On Windows 10.

Follow the Steps to Install XAMPP On Windows 10:

Step 1:

• Go to: https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html
• Click XAMPP for Windows.

• Click Save File.

• It will show you a Popup warning.
• Click OK.

• Click Next.

• Click Next.

• By default it installs XAMPP in C: but I have changed the path to F: drive.
• It is up to you, which drive you choose.

• Untick the Checkbox.
• Click Next.

• Click Next.

• It is installing.
• It will take 15 to 20 minutes.

• Tick the checkbox.
• Click Finish.

Step 2:

• Choose the language.
• Choose English.
• Click Save.

• Start Apache & MySQL.

• You can see that both the Services are running.
• Note: I have changed the port 80 to 8080 because port:80 was used by some other application.
• Read this if your Apache doesn’t start and shows error: https://www.meersworld.net/2019/02/how-to-change-xampp-server-port-in.html

• Click Explorer.
• It will let you to the location where you will create your projects.
• You will create your projects inside htdocs. Htdocs is located inside XAMPP folder.

• Right click inside the folder htdocs and create new folder.

• Name the folder MyProjects.

• Now create another folder inside that folder and name it relevant to your project.
• I have named Test.

• Open Notepad.
• Save it as index.html or index.php.

• I have added following HTML code.

• Now type — localhost — on your browser.
• I have typed localhost:8080 because I have changed the port, as I have mentioned above.
• You can go to phpMyAdmin.

• Now enter the path of your folder to test the file.
• Like, localhost/MyProjects/Test/.