Which PHPmyAdmin Package should be installed for localhost editing purposes +

I haven't yet really started to learn PHP but as I am using wordpress (content management system) so I feel the need to get familiar with it. I would love to know which PHP package should I install which can install everything for me to work.

I heard about http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html

How good is it?

any better options! - I need something easy to install as well with great options available with long term perspective ....

Thanks!

 

Xampp works fine, all you'll probably need is already bundled in the package.

 

Thanks - Let's try that out -

 

for learning xampp is good but dont use xampp in your linux server for security reasons.
Just go to http://mysql-apache-php.com and install your LAMP server. It aint that hard!

 

XAMPP is best!..I've used several packages but XAMPP is best because it has both versions of php and is pretty easy to use.

 

Great! - Let's go with it for sure - XAMMP - I am coming!

 

Hi,

You can also use WAMP.

Thanks.

 

ok - I will see the options -

 

For now, I have installed XAMPP and it works fine. I mean I installed it with one click, that was really easy!

Now, how can I get wordpress files to edit it locally and play with it. Where do I have to put the files to get started and how exaclty .... details would be appreciated ...

 

Files must be in htdocs folder, you can get wordpress from http://wordpress.org/latest.zip, remember to activate apache and mysql too (using xampp-control), to manage databases http://localhost/phpmyadmin/

 

Ok, the wordpress folder is now in htdocs - How to activate apache and mysql? - Where the folder will showup to edit files? - If I want to edit my blog then I have to download my blog files and arrange the same way ... right?

 

To activate apache & mysql use xampp-control in the xampp folder, to edit wordpress files you don't need to download them again, just edit the files in htdocs, to use wordpress you need to enable mysql, then create a new database using phpmyadmin, and run the wordpress installer. (what do you mean with? :"Where the folder will showup to edit files?", sorry i don't understand that xD)

 

Ok, I have done all the steps I think, I just want to know where is the wordpress installer - in the wordpress folder? I guess - let me check ....

 

If you saved the files in htdocs/wordpress then the installer is here http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/setup-config.php , but if you saved the files directly in htdocs the installer is here http://localhost/wp-admin/setup-config.php

 

yeah XAMPP is really good, i am also using it.
too easy to installl, infact, doesnt need to be installed, just extract and run, one click services start/stop
Recommended !

 

Yes, Looks good.

What to do with the installer, it opens with dreamweaver!

 

? Open it with the webrowser (firefox for example), is a web installer, go to http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/setup-config.php or http://localhost/wp-admin/setup-config.php in firefox, when apache is running you can view your server in http://127.0.0.1 or http://localhost

 

Ok, it looks fine now.

I have saved the wordpress folder in to a wordpress folder and that was placed in to htdocs. Now it asks for the database name, user, pass and table prefix. I wrote the database name correctly and haven't touched prefix as I want one installation only. What about user and pass? - How to configure that?

 

user = 'root' as for the password just leave it blank

 

by default every database must be connected as

user: root
pass: <empty>

why not use phpmyadmin to manage databases. just do http://localhost/phpmyadmin

it comes preinstalled with xampp.