Installing and Configuring XAMPP on Windows 11

Introduction

XAMPP is the most popular PHP development environment for Windows, OSX, and Linux platforms. It is a completely free and easy-to-install Apache distribution containing my SQL, PHP, and Perl.

So, in this article, I’ll show you how to install the XAMPP server on Windows 10/11.

Step 1. Downloading XAMPP

1. Open any browser and use the following link to download the XAMPP https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html.
2. Now you can download the app from Apache-friends.
3. then click the download XAMPP based on your operating system.
4. In this case, I am choosing to download "XAMPP for Windows".
   

Step 2. Opening the installer

1. Once the download is completed, double-click to open the XAMPP installer file.
2. Then Click "Next"
   

Step 3. Selecting components

Select all the components and click "Next"

Step 4. Choosing installation folder

Choose the folder to install the XAMPP and then click "Next".

Step 5. Selecting language

Choose the language; the XAMPP control panel supports various languages, and then click "Next".

Step 6. Installing XAMPP

Click the "Next" button to install XAMPP on your computer.

Step 7. Installation progress

XAMPP is installed on the computer

Step 8. Completing the installation

Then click the "Finish" button to complete the wizard.

Step 9. Opening the XAMPP control panel

Open the XAMPPControl Panel

Now click the Start button under ‘Actions’ to start the Module Services.

The module services have started successfully.

Step 10. Starting module services

Open your browser, then type "localhost" in the address bar and hit Enter. The page will reach the dashboard through "localhost/dashboard/".

Click the "phpMyAdmin" for the database module!

Accessing phpMyAdmin

From phpMyAdmin, you can manage the databases and testing databases on your XAMPP..!