By ryyz on

I would like to find out if i was to download the 'bundle' included in XAMMP (mysql, php apache etc) whether i can 'backtrack' to the recommended versions of php and mysql as xammp has the latest php and drupal recommends 4.3 and drupal also recommends mysql 4.0 and the xammp package comes with mysql 5 (but i believe i can switch it with a command to mysql).... i'm doing this on a local machine with xp pro before i muddle around with it on a server.... any advice or opinions is appreciated! thanks!

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capmex’s picture

capmex commented

I haven't got any trouble using the latest xampp bundle version (the full version upgrades from time to time) and moving the sites I have been working on my local machine to a server. On xampp the only thing you can change is the PHP version from 5.x to 4.x through a script.

Deja-1’s picture

Deja-1 commented

no problems here either, aren't those pretty much minimum requirements?

sepeck’s picture

sepeck commented

Those are minimum vs required. Dries did an interesting performance comparison recently http://buytaert.net/drupal-webserver-configurations-compared you may wish to read.

Also, if you are using MySQL 5, check the MySQL documentation when you export your data to make sure your database export will match the MySQL version your site will be using.

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