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About XAmpp

What is XAMPP? ​

XAMPP stands for Cross-Platform (X), Apache (A), MariaDB (M), PHP (P) and Perl (P).

It is a simple and lightweight solution that allows you to create a local web server for testing and deployment purposes. It is open-source and free to use.

Running XAMPP : ​

The hosted website on xampp is from a designated htdocs folder.

This folder is initially at /opt/lampp/htdocs but can be changed to any other folder.

Starting/ Stopping XAMPP Server

To start the XAMPP server, run the following command:

bash
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start

To stop the XAMPP server, run the following command:

bash
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp stop

To restart the XAMPP server, run the following command:

bash
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp restart

Sometimes we get the error XAMPP: Another web server daemon is already running.

To fix this, run the following command:

bash
sudo systemctl stop apache2

View current status of the XAMPP server using :

bash

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp status
Changing the htdocs folder

To change the htdocs folder, follow these steps:

  1. Open the httpd.conf file located at /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf.
bash
sudo nano /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf
  1. Find the line DocumentRoot "/opt/lampp/htdocs" and change it to the desired folder.
bash

DocumentRoot "/home/vktori/htdocs_custom"
  1. Save the file and restart the Apache server.
bash
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp restart