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When comparing MAMP vs XAMPP, the Slant community recommends XAMPP for most people. In the question“What are the best php localhost servers?” XAMPP is ranked 3rd while MAMP is ranked 7th. 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
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Pros
Pro has phpselector
you can select php version easily
Pro Easy to use
MAMP usually takes mere seconds to install. It runs right out of the box, with no additional changes to your system required.
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
Cons
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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