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When comparing XAMPP vs Neard, the Slant community recommends XAMPP for most people. In the question“What are the best Windows web development environment for PHP?” XAMPP is ranked 2nd while Neard is ranked 3rd. The most important reason people chose XAMPP is:
Port 443 is in use from Skype. You can change the port in Skype.
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PlatformsWindows, Linux, Mac
PlatformsWindows
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Pros
Pro Smooth installation with minimal configuration required
Port 443 is in use from Skype. You can change the port in Skype.
Pro Multi-platform
XAMPP runs on OS X, Linux and Windows.
Pro Clean and functional interface
Pro A console that embeds the shells of several modules
Pro Easily switch between versions of modules
Pro Portable application
Cons
Con Bloated
Comes with mail server, FTP server, accelerator, web-dav, ssl out of the box, etc.
Con doesnt has phpselector
Need downgrade to use php5
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