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I have been in school for software development. And i have learned more from your tutorials than from the school. So huge thanks for that. Keep doing what you do Dani!

This took me like 2 hours to do so i just literally did all what he did and now in just a few minutes i can finally start programming

Gotta say, I wasn't even looking to really learn php but one thing led to another and now I'm here, I really appreciate how beginner friendly you have made this course and how you break down basically every step into a video. Makes it easier for an ADHDer like myself to not give up when I inevitably get stuck and am only 1/30th the way into a 1 hour video xD

One of the best teachers on earth ❤

finally a video that doesn’t rush and explain everything in details. you are really good at explaining and a Great teacher

8:56 FYI: On mac the path should be /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/bin/php-8.2.4 where 8.2.4 stands for the version number (which may change in the future.)

Feels like I'm learning to take off and fly in a fighter jet my first day on the job. Dani! You are a gifted teacher, my man! Your understanding of what people are thinking when they first approach this is amazing. Thank you so much not just for your terrific help, but for NOT FORGETTING what it's like to start out and what thoughts go through your head as you first approach this. This is a real gift and I thank you so much for focusing so well on keeping people from getting overwhelmed - you are absolutely talented! Cheers!

im going to use this course to learn php and create a web site for a potential client, so i hope you continue this course, because until this moment your way to explain is being really good for a guy like me that have been programming for a couple years now with other backend languages and with web development. Thx for thee content!

Now this is how a setup tutorial should be like 🙂.

I’ve learnt alot from you starting from your html and css tutorials. You are simply the best ever Thank you so much.

Love the content Dani! Not sure Im the only one that did this but be careful when you make the htdocs shortcut you dont move the file completely out of xampp as i did. It was an hour of hair pulling frustration for myself 😂

THANK YOU, I mainly followed this tutorial just to setup the localhost server bit as I was struggling so bad trying to do it manually (I’m very much new to all of this) xampp finally did the trick.

This guy is just awesome. Amazing dynamic teaching and examples

I truly appreciate how you are addressing concerns that might be daunting for beginners. Your way of reassuring and creating a comfortable learning experience is invaluable.

One of my best Channel to watch when i started learning to code and specially web development, You just reminded me my starting days. Keep it up

Bro thanks soo much i have been looking around for a video that explains this easily for too long 😅

Excellent work, Dani!

bro you're the best in explaining fr.

Yes, for safe testing, setting up a local server is good. Yet I found an sFTP Extension for VS Code that you can use an active web server. I ended up using the FTP (21) port instead, as it worked best for my VPS. Through the functions, you download / set the site to a local folder for editing. Works well. 04-16-2023 0141 PT

'php is used for 78% of websites that we know of in 2023' so WHY wasn't I taught it on a web development course 😭 this tutorial is saving my life right now.

Prof. Dani Krossing, please MySQL server isn't running on my XAMPP Control Panel. saying "Error: MySQL shutdown unexpectedly. This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies, improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method. Press the Logs button to view error logs and check the Windows Event Viewer for more clues. If you need more help, copy and post this entire log window on the forums". WHAT SHOULD I DO?

Your detailed explanations helped to install Xampp &local server for PHP

Super helpful! Thank you so much! I'm also in school for software development, but my professors are having us use a virtual environment instead of installing anything locally. You've answered a lot of questions I had, so thanks!! Your videos are the best!

Thank you so much... you are truly talented in teaching!

i love how i was studying php in class and i have like exam on it in like 2 days just when i saw dani uploaded this vid ty mate

I understood reallywell . Thank you so much!!!! Loved it

Thanks for explaining vs code. Up till now I was using visual studio with a php addon. This looks a lot better.

thank you so much sir, im computer engineering student and i have to study XAMPP and PHP for my course "Application Website"

bro u really helped me, thanks i love you

this makes alot of sense. thanks

Thank you for this excellent resource. Very easy for beginners to follow, you are clearly a natural educator. =)

When I run apache it always just says Error: apache shutdown unexpectedly. I see nothing about it in the comments. This is my first time installing xampp. I made sure to install the latest version (8.2) and install it in an unrestricted folder. Will update in the replies if I find a fix.

U are a God brother...arigato

This video demonstrates how to set up a local server for PHP development using XAMPP, including installing the software, configuring the server, and creating a basic PHP file. Key moments: 00:00 Setting up a website using PHP requires installing a local server, like XAMPP, which is easy and safe, allowing offline website development without uploading to the internet. -Different local servers like LAMP, VAMP, XAMPP, and Docker are available for installation, offering various options for setting up a server. -Installing XAMPP is recommended for its ease of setup and familiarity, making it a popular choice among website developers. -Downloading and installing XAMPP involves selecting the appropriate version for your operating system, ensuring a smooth installation process for offline website development. 03:23 To set up a local server for PHP development, you need to install XAMPP, start Apache and MySQL servers, create website folders in htdocs, and edit PHP files in your preferred editor. -Installing XAMPP and starting Apache and MySQL servers are essential for running PHP locally on your computer. -Creating website folders in the htdocs directory allows you to access and manage multiple websites on your local server. -Editing PHP files in your preferred editor, such as Visual Studio Code, enables you to develop and customize your website's functionality. 06:45 PHP files allow for PHP code to run within HTML files seamlessly, enabling conversion of existing HTML websites to PHP by simply changing file extensions. -Setting up PHP in Visual Studio Code may require manual configuration in some cases, ensuring the executable path is correctly linked for PHP installation. -Using PHP tags within HTML files allows for the execution of PHP code, demonstrated by writing and displaying 'hello world' using PHP echo statement. Generated by sider.ai

Looking forward to the next videos!

thank you very much for your help 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

nice

Great mann!!

Best teacher! 🙇

this gets me back to the 1'st year of Uni :D

thankyou sir

Thanks for Sharing.

awesome

yee it worked!

plz..make a video about php IMS !

I m here for the second lesson 😀

Fantastic!

like you man

Thank you dear Mr.dani I hope you create your videos with facecam

You don't need xampp anymore. You can use the server function of php itself. You can manage easy between versions with brew. A mysql server can be spin up with a docker command or docker-compose file.

Hi, Switched over to your updated version, and yes everything went great on my laptop....but not on my tower, Can anyone suggest a tutorial for Brackets editor and php so I can come back and Follow this great tutorial?

Thank you

is live server extension in vs code the same thing?

Thanks

best

I've already got a website up and running with html,css. In order to get PHP going do I need to save that website inside on the htdocs folder too?

What if im using sql server management studio? Can i still use xampp?

If I'm building a website with multiple pages should all pages use extension .php if only one (the contact form) actually uses php? or should the others stay as .html?

I can't download XAMPP. I clicked on the click here and the download latest version. It just said "File will be ready in 5...4..." then skips to 0 but it doesn't download. I tried using a different browser but the same problem occured.

Hi Danni... I am a long time subscriber and huge fan needless to say... My question is this... I set up XAMPP on a Mac as per your instructions many years ago and the thing that got me was every time I saved my files in the "root" folder of my website, to check they worked with XAMPP I had to drag all my 'new' files over to the htdocs folder and that is as much trouble as uploading to the server in the first place... Can I use the htdocs as my "root" folder in Dreamweaver?

Error: MySQL shutdown unexpectedly. 7:37:03 PM [mysql] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies, 7:37:03 PM [mysql] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method. 7:37:03 PM [mysql] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check 7:37:03 PM [mysql] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues 7:37:03 PM [mysql] If you need more help, copy and post this 7:37:03 PM [mysql] entire log window on the forums (everytime i try to start MYSQL this message is sent what should i do and why is it happening?

i tried downloading xampp on my computer but it fails for some reason first it was the antivirus, says the website is sus. so I puased it for the website then tried to download it will display a button for downloading but when I click it counts down but will never download, can you please give me a solution for this issue or recommend another local server

Thanks a lot

sir when i start running the 2 mySql has error 12:13:34 pm [mysql] Status change detected: stopped 12:13:34 pm [mysql] Error: MySQL shutdown unexpectedly. 12:13:34 pm [mysql] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies, 12:13:34 pm [mysql] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method. 12:13:34 pm [mysql] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check 12:13:34 pm [mysql] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues 12:13:34 pm [mysql] If you need more help, copy and post this 12:13:34 pm [mysql] entire log window on the forums this is the error can you help me this problem sir?

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i fixed that but when i try to write inside the Visual code program and refresh my localhost i didn't see any thing inside it, how i can know what i do wrong?

holy probs ha ha thanks

This guys made this tutorial for professional level. I can't believe that he said this tutorial is beginner's friendly. The guy assuming we know php already. He write the php code "echo" I didn't know what's that and he didn't explain it.

can you make a video tutorial for visual studio code because my vsvcode said "no such file directory"

When I type localhost, it doesn't display it only says "Forbidden, You don't have permission to access this resource." Please help asap I just want to try and study simple codes. :(

Hello Dani, I have followed every step of your tutorial and when I tried outputting Hello World on the website, just like you did, it didn't work. That was because somehow it wasn't able to understand the (I can tell, because it didn't turn blue like in your video. I also noticed that when doing this thing were you have to copy this path of php.exe and put it in this code, the only line of code that appeared on my screen was the one I had to put the path in (maybe thats normal, idk). Can somebody pls help me?

so first before i take this tutorial should i learn first html ?

after install XAMPP on my C drive, I can't connect to mySQL server. How can I fix it?

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Sir help me please I have watched this video and my apache doesn't start so, help me please sir😢 how to solve this error help me as soon as insha allah

I dont have php.exe for some reason in my xamp folder...

Can we do same on linux? (Delete all in htdocs and replace with the actual websites we build)

Completely lost me at 6:11. Following along on a Mac. Save file in folder where? Visual Studio or XAAMP? Where did you click?

Hi Dani, i followed the tutorial but whenever i start the mysql it stops, please help

Is XAMPP a server simulator for a local computer. Is not actually a real computer dedicated server right?

they really should make it possible on mac that you can open the panel on launchpad, i always do it with no matter what app, but this one is kinda annoying 😕

I've been searching for a tutorial like this for so long... Your video was extremely helpful, but I found a video in Insta WP which explained it better and helped me a lot...

Alright I'm just suposed learn php ...thanks anyway

wait i have a question i cant press run directly i have to always open it from local host? + thank u ive been using online editors for my course but now we have to use the server ..

What is the Apache and Mysql want start when you try to do this

How do you work with sooo many shortcuts on the Taskbar 😵🤣 Make a short about converting your html website to php 😉

I converted my html files to php because I need the database access, however it did break my website, im not sure where it is going wrong. Still working on a solution to find the issue so I am still watching but let me know if you can if you have a solution.

Hi. Can you give us if you know other programming language links. Like java python c#....

plz when i wrote localhost on Google didn't happen like u so what i can do?

Please mine is showing me, Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly

hi,nice video but i have a problem ....when i open localhost it does not open.kindly advice

How do you do this on mac?

because I have other sql apps the mySQL part of the Xamp does not run for me what should I do about it

i accidentaly clicked "no" on the "we value your privacy" box at 1:59, is that a problem and if so how do I fix it?

i dont understand how to get the front page if you give the name in the folder

why i got an error in question mark?

Setting up a server will be fine … except it’s a pain in the ass to run.

Me using Mac OS : 😟

I don't urderstand why People Who makes tutorials needs to post pictures o themselves looking like fools

ERROR 15:04:31 [main] Initializing Control Panel 15:04:31 [main] Windows Version: Enterprise 64-bit 15:04:31 [main] XAMPP Version: 8.2.12 15:04:31 [main] Control Panel Version: 3.3.0 [ Compiled: Apr 6th 2021 ] 15:04:31 [main] You are not running with administrator rights! This will work for 15:04:31 [main] most application stuff but whenever you do something with services 15:04:31 [main] there will be a security dialogue or things will break! So think 15:04:31 [main] about running this application with administrator rights! 15:04:31 [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "d:\programfiles\xampp\" 15:04:31 [main] Checking for prerequisites 15:04:32 [main] All prerequisites found 15:04:32 [main] Initializing Modules 15:04:32 [mysql] Problem detected! 15:04:32 [mysql] Port 3306 in use by "Unable to open process"! 15:04:32 [mysql] MySQL WILL NOT start without the configured ports free! 15:04:32 [mysql] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application 15:04:32 [mysql] or reconfigure MySQL and the Control Panel to listen on a different port 15:04:32 [main] Starting Check-Timer 15:04:32 [main] Control Panel Ready 15:04:54 [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app... 15:04:55 [Apache] Status change detected: running 15:04:55 [mysql] Problem detected! 15:04:55 [mysql] Port 3306 in use by "Unable to open process"! 15:04:55 [mysql] MySQL WILL NOT start without the configured ports free! 15:04:55 [mysql] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application 15:04:55 [mysql] or reconfigure MySQL and the Control Panel to listen on a different port 15:04:55 [mysql] Attempting to start MySQL app... 15:04:56 [Apache] Status change detected: stopped 15:04:56 [Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly. 15:04:56 [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies, 15:04:56 [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method. 15:04:56 [Apache] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check 15:04:56 [Apache] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues 15:04:56 [Apache] If you need more help, copy and post this 15:04:57 [Apache] entire log window on the forums 15:04:57 [mysql] Status change detected: running 15:04:57 [mysql] Status change detected: stopped 15:04:57 [mysql] Error: MySQL shutdown unexpectedly. 15:04:57 [mysql] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies, 15:04:57 [mysql] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method. 15:04:57 [mysql] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check 15:04:57 [mysql] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues 15:04:57 [mysql] If you need more help, copy and post this 15:04:57 [mysql] entire log window on the forums 15:05:42 [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app... 15:05:42 [Apache] Status change detected: running 15:05:44 [Apache] Status change detected: stopped 15:05:44 [Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly. 15:05:44 [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies, 15:05:44 [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method. 15:05:44 [Apache] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check 15:05:44 [Apache] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues 15:05:44 [Apache] If you need more help, copy and post this 15:05:44 [Apache] entire log window on the forums 15:06:10 [mysql] Problem detected! 15:06:10 [mysql] Port 3306 in use by "Unable to open process"! 15:06:10 [mysql] MySQL WILL NOT start without the configured ports free! 15:06:10 [mysql] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application 15:06:10 [mysql] or reconfigure MySQL and the Control Panel to listen on a different port 15:06:10 [mysql] Attempting to start MySQL app... 15:06:11 [mysql] Status change detected: running 15:06:11 [mysql] Status change detected: stopped 15:06:11 [mysql] Error: MySQL shutdown unexpectedly. 15:06:11 [mysql] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies, 15:06:11 [mysql] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method. 15:06:11 [mysql] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check 15:06:11 [mysql] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues 15:06:11 [mysql] If you need more help, copy and post this 15:06:11 [mysql] entire log window on the forums