How can I make my choice to run between XAMPP and WampServer?

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    Please can someone help me out here, I have WampServer installed in my computer but there is a tutorial on XAMPP that prompted me to install XAMPP to experiment how it works but when I Run WampServer it is XAMPP localhost that the browser will load instead of WampServer, but before I install XAMPP the browser loads Wampserver localhost once I Run it, localhost automatically run XAMPP even when it is not my choice, please how can I sort it so that my choice between the two will run instead of XAMPP running even when I wanted WampServer to run.
     
    samsnov0101, Sep 12, 2013 IP
  2. bartolay13

    bartolay13 Active Member

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    make use of their alias in the services, i believe wamp is using an extension like
    • wampapache
    while xampp is using standard name
    • apache
     
    bartolay13, Oct 17, 2013 IP
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    Uninstall one of them that should fix your problem about loading.

    Now the differences between them.
    1) WAMP = Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP.
    2) WAMPP = Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl. The extra P is for Perl.
    3) XAMPP = X (any of four different operating systems), Apache, MySQL, PHP and Perl

    WAMP consumes more memory and XAMPP seems to run lighter.
    Now it comes down to what you are going to be using it for.

    Hope this helps you decide and give you an understanding of them.
     
    MyBB Hoster, Oct 18, 2013 IP
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    jcarney1987 Active Member

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    If you are going AMP then go Linux since its Apache is more native to Linux. XAMP runs well on Linux. If you are going to use windows I strongly suggest you using IIS over Apache. There are plenty of control panels that support IIS to, some are free.

    Wish you the best of luck
     
    jcarney1987, Oct 19, 2013 IP