WAMP, MAMP, and LAMP are abbreviations for Windows, Apache, MySQL, and
PHP,Mac, Apache, MySQL, and PHP, and Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP.
These abbreviations describe a fully functioning setup used for developing dynamic
Internet web
WAMPs, MAMPs, and LAMPs come in the form of a package that binds the bundled
programs together so that you don’t have to install and set them up separately..
If you will be maintaining several projects, at some point you may wish to create all the
directories you will need and the aliases Apache will recognize. An alias is a shortened,
easily recognizable string used to refer to a longer path name, and it doesn’t have to be
the same as a directory name.
Alternative WAMPs
When software is updated, it sometimes works differently than you’d expect, and bugs
can even be introduced. So if you encounter difficulties with EasyPHP that you cannot
resolve, you may prefer to choose one of the various other solutions available on the
Web instead.
You will still be able to make use of all the examples in this book, but you’ll have to
follow the instructions supplied with each WAMP, which may not be as easy to follow
as the EasyPHP guide.
Here’s a selection of the best in my opinion:
• XAMPP: http://apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
• WAMPServer: http://wampserver.com/en/
• Glossword WAMP: http://glossword.biz/glosswordwamp/
PHP,Mac, Apache, MySQL, and PHP, and Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP.
These abbreviations describe a fully functioning setup used for developing dynamic
Internet web
WAMPs, MAMPs, and LAMPs come in the form of a package that binds the bundled
programs together so that you don’t have to install and set them up separately..
If you will be maintaining several projects, at some point you may wish to create all the
directories you will need and the aliases Apache will recognize. An alias is a shortened,
easily recognizable string used to refer to a longer path name, and it doesn’t have to be
the same as a directory name.
Alternative WAMPs
When software is updated, it sometimes works differently than you’d expect, and bugs
can even be introduced. So if you encounter difficulties with EasyPHP that you cannot
resolve, you may prefer to choose one of the various other solutions available on the
Web instead.
You will still be able to make use of all the examples in this book, but you’ll have to
follow the instructions supplied with each WAMP, which may not be as easy to follow
as the EasyPHP guide.
Here’s a selection of the best in my opinion:
• XAMPP: http://apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
• WAMPServer: http://wampserver.com/en/
• Glossword WAMP: http://glossword.biz/glosswordwamp/
