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When comparing XAMPP vs WampServer, the Slant community recommends XAMPP for most people. In the question“What are the best php localhost servers?” XAMPP is ranked 3rd while WampServer is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose XAMPP is:
Port 443 is in use from Skype. You can change the port in Skype.
Specs
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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 Ultra customizable releases of Apps and Services
You can Install packages for differents releases of Apache Web Server, MySQL, MariaDB or PHP in order to have the latest releases of them.
Pro Customizable app menu items
You can customize the App menu Items for launch your local Website(s) in your prefered browser or even in alternatives http ports.
Pro Easy VirtualHost creation
Virtual hosts can be created at the click of a button
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
Con phpMyadmin does not work
phpMyadmin cannot be accessed either without password or with root and blank password.
Con It's hard to configure VHOSTS
There's no easy way for creating or edit VHOSTS configs.
Con Hard to find documentation
No English manual available on the main website.
Con It's hard to configure VHOSTS
There's no easy way for creating or edit VHOSTS configs.
