Posted by macca on 12/19/07 13:53

> what's the advantage of a WAMP and what's the one you use if any ?

I use a WAMP environment for development but I don't use a package.

I suppose the benefit of WAMP packages such a XAMP is the speed of
which you can get it all installed and up and running.

They are easy to install (non-technical), but what do you learn by
clicking a few mouse buttons?


You can download a MySQL installer from mysql.com, an apache installer
from apache.org and the php files (as a zip) from php.net.
Theres loads of information on the net how to get them all working
together, notably on php.net.

It took me a bit longer the first time I did it but configuring them
together helped me understand PHP better. It's worth trying.

[Back to original message]