###### ApacheFriends XAMPP Portable 1.8.1 ###### Important!

PHP in this package needs the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributab le package from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5582. Please ensure that the VC++ 2008 runtime libraries are installed on your system. Apache 2.4.3 MySQL 5.5.27 (Community Server) PHP 5.4.7 (VC9 X86 32bit thread safe) + PEAR phpMyAdmin 3.5.2.2 OpenSSL 1.0.1c ADOdb 5.17 XAMPP Control Panel Version 3.1.0 by hackattack142 (Great Thanks!!)) See: http://www.apachefriends.org/f/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=46743 + XAMPP Security + XAMPP mailToDisk 1.0 (write emails via PHP on local disk in <xampp>\mailoutp ut. Activated in the php.ini as mail default.) --------------------------------------------------------------* System Requirements: + 64 MB RAM (RECOMMENDED) + 420 MB free fixed disk + Windows 2003, XP (RECOMMENDED), VISTA, Windows 7 --------------------------------------------------------------* ATTENTION!!!! For trouble with the mysql connection (via mysqlnd API in php) see also the star tpage: http://localhost/xampp/index.php * QUICK INSTALLATION: [NOTE: Unpack the package to your USB stick or a partition of your choice. There it must be on the highest level like E:\ or W:\. It will build E:\xampp or W:\xampp or something like this. Please do not use the "setup_ xampp.bat" for an USB stick installation!] Step 1: Unpack the package into a directory of your choice. Please start the "setup_xampp.bat" and beginning the installation. Note: XAMPP makes no entries i n the windows registry and no settings for the system variables. Step 2: If installation ends successfully, start the Apache 2 with "apache_start".bat", MySQL with "mysql_start".bat". Stop the MySQL Server with " mysql_stop.bat". For shutdown the Apache HTTPD, only close the Apache Command (C MD). Or use the fine XAMPP Control Panel with double-click on "xampp-control.exe "! Step 3: Start your browser and type http://127.0.0.1 or http://localhost in the location bar. You should see our pre-made start page with certain examples and test screens. Step 4: PHP (with mod_php, as *.php, *.php3, *.php4, *.php5, *.phtml), Perl by d efault with *.cgi, SSI with *.shtml are all located in => C:\xampp\htdocs\. Examples: + + + + + + +

- C:\xampp\htdocs\test.php => http://localhost/test.php - C:\xampp\htdocs\myhome\test.php => http://localhost/myhome/test.php Step 5: XAMPP UNINSTALL? Simply remove the "xampp" Directory. But before please shutdown the apache and mysql. --------------------------------------------------------------* PASSWORDS: 1) MySQL: User: root Password: (means no password!) 2) FileZilla FTP: [ You have to create a new user on the FileZilla Interface ] 3) Mercury: Postmaster: postmaster (postmaster@localhost) Administrator: Admin (admin@localhost) TestUser: newuser Password: wampp 4) WEBDAV: User: xampp-dav-unsecure Password: ppmax2011 --------------------------------------------------------------* ONLY FOR NT SYSTEMS! (NT4 | Windows 2000 | Windows XP): - \xampp\apache\apache_installservice.bat ===> Install Apache 2 as service - \xampp\apache\apache_uninstallservice.bat ===> Uninstall Apache 2 as service - \xampp\mysql\mysql_installservice.bat ===> Install MySQL as service - \xampp\mysql\mysql_uninstallservice.bat ===> Uninstall MySQL as service ==> After all un- / installations of services, better restart system! ---------------------------------------------------------------A matter of security (A MUST READ!) As mentioned before, XAMPP is not meant for production use but only for develope rs in a development environment. The way XAMPP is configured is to be open as po ssible and allowing the developer anything he/she wants. For development environ ments this is great but in a production environment it could be fatal. Here a li st of missing security

in XAMPP: The MySQL administrator (root) has no password. The MySQL daemon is accessible via network. phpMyAdmin is accessible via network. Examples are accessible via network.

To fix most of the security weaknesses simply call the following URL: http://localhost/security/ The root password for MySQL and phpMyAdmin, and also a XAMPP directory protectio n can being established here. * NOTE: Some example sites can only access by the local systems, means over loca lhost. --------------------------------------------------------------* MYSQL NOTES: (1) The MySQL server can be started by double-clicking (executing) mysql_start.b at. This file can be found in the same folder you installed XAMPP in, most likel y this will be C:\xampp\. The exact path to this file is X:\xampp\mysql_start.bat, where "X" indicates the letter of the drive you unpacked XAMPP into. This batch file starts the MySQL s erver in console mode. The first intialization might take a few minutes. Do not close the DOS window or you'll crash the server! To stop the server, plea se use mysql_stop.bat, which is located in the same directory. Or use the fine X AMPP Control Panel with double-click on "xampp-control.exe" for all these things ! (2) To use MySQL as Service for NT / 2000 / XP, simply copy the "my.ini" file to "C:\my.ini". Please note that this file has to be placed in C:\ (root), other l ocations are not permitted. Then execute the "mysql_installservice.bat" in the m ysql folder. (3) MySQL starts with standard values for the user id and the password. The pres et user id is "root", the password is "" (= no password). To access MySQL via PH P with the preset values, you'll have to use the following syntax: mysql_connect("localhost", "root", ""); If you want to set a password for MySQL access, please use of MySQL Admin. To set the passwort "secret" for the user "root", type the following: C:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqladmin.exe -u root -p secret After changing the password you'll have to reconfigure phpMyAdmin to use the new password, otherwise it won't be able to access the databases. To do that, open the file config.inc.php in \xampp\phpmyadmin\ and edit the following lines: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] ion So first the 'root' password is queried by the MySQL server, before phpMyAdmin m ay access. --------------------------------------------------------------= 'root'; = 'http'; // MySQL User // HTTP authentificat

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