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XAMPP Control Panel

The XAMPP Control Panel provides a user-friendly interface to manage individual components of a test server, allowing users to start or stop modules, configure settings, and access various tools. Common issues such as blocked ports can be resolved by changing port settings or terminating conflicting programs. Users can test their XAMPP installation by creating a PHP test page and accessing it through a web browser to confirm successful setup.

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XAMPP Control Panel

The XAMPP Control Panel provides a user-friendly interface to manage individual components of a test server, allowing users to start or stop modules, configure settings, and access various tools. Common issues such as blocked ports can be resolved by changing port settings or terminating conflicting programs. Users can test their XAMPP installation by creating a PHP test page and accessing it through a web browser to confirm successful setup.

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XAMPP Control Panel

Overview
The XAMPP Control Panel
Controls for the individual components of your test server can be reached
through the XAMPP Control Panel. The clear user interface logs all actions
and allows you to start or stop individual modules with a single. The XAMPP
Control Panel also offers you various other buttons, including:
• Config: allows you to configure the XAMPP as well as the individual
components
• Netstat: shows all running processes on the local computer
• Shell: opens a UNIX shell
• Explorer: opens the XAMPP folder in Windows Explorer
• Services: shows all services currently running in the background
• Help: offers links to user forums
• Quit: closes the XAMPP Control Panel
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Starting modules
• Individual modules can be started or stopped on the XAMPP Control
Panel through the corresponding buttons under ‘Actions’. You can see
which modules have been started because their names are
highlighted green under the ‘Module’ title.

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Setting up XAMPP
A common source of error connected with Apache is blocked ports. If you’re
using the standard setup, then XAMPP will assign the web server to main
port 80 and the SSL port 443. The latter of these particularly is often blocked
by other programs. In the example above, it’s likely that the Tomcat port is
being blocked, meaning the web server can’t be started. There are three
ways to solve this issue:
• Change the conflicting port: Let’s assume for the sake of example that the
instant messenger program Skype is blocking SSL port 443 (this is a
common problem). One way to deal with this issue is to change Skype’s
port settings. To do this, open the program and navigate via ‘Actions’,
‘Options’, and ‘Advanced’, until you reach the ‘Connections’ menu. You
should find a box checked to allow Skype access to ports 80 and 443.
Deselect this checkbox now.
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Setting up XAMPP – 2
• Change the XAMPP module port settings: Click the Config button for
the module in question and open the files httpd.conf and httpd-
ssl.conf. Replace port number 80 in httpd.conf and port number 443
in httpd-ssl.conf with any free ports, before saving the file data. Now
click on the general Config button on the right-hand side and select
‘Services and Ports Settings’. Customize the ports for the module
server to reflect the changes in the conf files.
• End the conflicting program: The simplest way to avoid port conflicts
in the short term is to end the conflicting program (Skype in this
case). If you restart Skype after your XAMPP module servers are
already running, it will select a different port and your issue will be
resolved.
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Module administration
You have an ‘Admin’ option located on the Control Panel for every module in
your XAMPP.

• Click on the Admin button of your Apache server to go to the web address
of your web server. The Control Panel will now start in your standard
browser, and you’ll be led to the dashboard of your XAMPP’s local host.
The dashboard features numerous links to websites for useful information
as well as the open source project BitNami, which offers you many
different applications for your XAMPP, like WordPress or other content
management systems. Alternatively, you can reach the dashboard through
localhost/dashboard/.
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Module administration – 2
• You can use the Admin button of your database module to open
phpMyAdmin. Here, you can manage the databases of your web
projects that you’re testing on your XAMPP. Alternatively, you can
reach the administration section of your MySQL database via
localhost/phpmyadmin/.

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Testing your XAMPP installation
• To check whether your test server is installed and configured correctly, you
have the option to create a PHP test page, store them on your XAMPP’s
local host, and retrieve them via the web browser.

• Open the XAMPP directory through the ‘Explorer’ button in the Control
Panel and choose the folder htdocs (C:\xampp\htdocs for standard
installations). This directory will store file data collected for web pages that
you test on your XAMPP server. The htdocs folder should already contain
data to help configuration of the web server. But you should store your
own projects in a new folder (like ‘Test Folder’ for example).
• You can create a new PHP page easily by using the following content in
your editor and storing it as test.php in your ‘ test’ folder
(C:\xampp\htdocs\test):

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Testing your XAMPP installation – 2
<html>
<head>
<title>PHP-Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php echo '<p>Hello World</p>'; ?>
</body>
</html>

• The last step now is to open your web browser and load your PHP
page via localhost/test/test.php. If your browser window displays the
words ‘Hello World’, then you’ve successfully installed and configured
your XAMPP.

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Sources
• https://www.ionos.com/digitalguide/server/tools/xampp-tutorial-
create-your-own-local-test-server/

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