Install XAMPP on MacOS

In this video, I'll show you how to properly install XAMPP on MacOS so that you can run PHP code locally. The latest version of XAMPP on the Mac is a virtual machine (VM) which means you MUST configure it correctly to run some services (e.g. phpMyAdmin) using localhost.

⭕ Chapters
0:00 - 0️⃣ Introduction
0:20 - 1️⃣ Download and install XAMPP
2:30 - 2️⃣ Run XAMPP Control Panel
7:20 - 3️⃣ LAMP stack and htdocs directory
12:28 - 4️⃣ Use localhost

⭕ Alternatively, you can also install XAMPP directly via the command terminal using brew cask. This version of XAMPP should be MacOS native (no VM needed) which will give you direct access to the localhost server without going through the VM. Just run this simple command to install:

▶️ brew cask XAMPP

After it's installed, you should see the XAMPP folder in your Applications folder. Open it and activate the server (somewhat similar to the VM interface). Now, you should be able to access the Apache server directly via http://localhost/ at default port 80.

⭕ Just in case if you need a PHP code editor, here are some popular ones:

✅ Open-Source/Free Code Editors

?Brackets (https://brackets.io/)
?Visual Studio Code (https://code.visualstudio.com/)
✔️ (recommend)
?Sublime Text (http://www.sublimetext.com/)
?Atom (https://atom.io/)
?Eclipse (https://www.eclipse.org/)
?Aptana Studio (http://www.aptana.com/)
?Komodo Edit (https://www.activestate.com/products/komodo-edit/)
?BBEdit (formerly TextWrangler) (http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/)

✅ IDE for PHP Development -Commercial (Free for students and faculty)


?PhpStorm (https://www.jetbrains.com/) ✔️(recommend)
Students/faculty license: https://www.jetbrains.com/community/education/#students

⭕ About me
I am a Web Instructor at a technical college, Facilitator at Boston University Metropolitan College, Web Instructor at University of California, Irvine - Division of Continuing Education. I’ve authored a textbook and a few video training courses for https://www.linkedin.com/learning (formerly Lynda.com) and https://www.packtpub.com.

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