XAMPP ships in Linux,
Windows, Mac OS X, and Solaris versions.
If you prefer to install Apache, PHP, and MySQL yourself, you will also need to install and
configure the following modules, which are needed in various stages of TShirtShop development:
PDO, PDO driver for MySQL, cURL, mcrypt, and mhash. Additionally, for the third stage
of development, when you start working with your customers??™ credit card and personal information,
you will need to install SSL support in Apache.
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Follow the steps of the exercise to install XAMPP on your Windows machine. The installation
instructions for Linux are presented afterward, in a separate exercise. Mac OS X users can find their
version of the software, together with installation instructions, at http://www.apachefriends.org/
en/xampp-macosx.html.
For more information about installing XAMPP, you can check out its Installation wiki page
at http://www.installationwiki.org/XAMPP.
Exercise: Installing XAMPP on Windows
Here are the steps you should follow:
1. Visit http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html, and download the XAMPP installer
package, which should be an executable file named something like xampp-win32-version-installer.
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