This is also the only interface with the user and only from here you can perform server configurations.īy default, all services are stopped therefore, you need to manually start the ones you need and administer them at the same time. You don’t have to decide now, seeing how this is configurable from XAMPP’s control panel. The installation process requires user intervention only to ask if the components should be installed as Windows services too. This is useful for the administration of large Content Management Systems (CMS). With XAMPP, you can manage MySQL and SQLite databases and you can create a remote host using FileZilla FTP server (also included in the package). It also includes the newest versions of Mercury and Tomcat. XAMPP provides developers with an easy and comfortable way to test dynamic webpages without access to the Internet. It was designed as a web server that can be a friendly assistant in website creation and maintenance. XAMPP is a cross-platform Apache distribution enriched with third-party applications, namely MySQL, PHP and Perl.