RE: [PHP] Xampp question, pretty much 0T

Alternatively, I suggest you look into VMWare. There are several free
versions (player, server, etc) if you don't want Workstation (which I
absolutely love!) Workstation will give you such life-savers as multiple
Snapshots amongst other things.

http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/
http://www.vmware.com/products/server/

Then you can setup a LAMP VM with your favorite distro (I use Gentoo myself,
but don't recommend it for a VM as the compilation all the time is painful).


You can download some already setup and ready to go.
http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/cat/53

This is how I do all my development. I run XP as my host OS. VMware is NAT.
Setup SAMBA & ssh on the VM and don't forget to edit your
"C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" with an entry to point to your VM's
virtual host(s): 

192.168.222.128 askeet
192.168.222.128 askeet.LAMP.com

And your /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/askeet.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "/home/sfprojects/askeet/web"
    ServerName askeet.LAMP.com
    ServerAlias askeet.LAMP.com askeet
    ErrorLog logs/askeet-error_log
    CustomLog logs/askeet-access_log common

    DirectoryIndex index.php

  Alias /sf /usr/share/php/data/symfony/web/sf
  <Directory "/usr/share/php/data/symfony/web">
    AllowOverride All
    Options FollowSymLinks +Indexes
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
  </Directory>

  <Directory "/home/sfprojects/askeet/web">
    AllowOverride All
    Options FollowSymLinks +Indexes
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Then you just go to http://askeet.LAMP.com in your XP host and you're
hitting your VM LAMP virtual host.

Add this to your /etc/samba/smb.conf file:

[askeet]
   comment = askeet symphony development VMWare
   path = /home/sfprojects/askeet
   read only = no
   public = yes
   create mode = 0666
   directory mode = 0777
   force user = daevid

WIN+R and \\askeet and you'll connect to that directory to start coding in
your favorite PHP editor.

Works like a f'n champ! :D

I'll also suggest SQLYog and SecureCRT as my two other tools I just can't do
without.

Daevid Vincent
http://daevid.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wolf [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 6:06 AM
> To: Ryan S; php php
> Subject: RE: [PHP] Xampp question, pretty much 0T
> 
> Top posting from my cell...
> 
> 1.  Format hard drive
> 2. Install redhat fc8 or Ubuntu 8.04
> 3. Load the new MySQL installation with your backup file
> 
> If you really have to stay with windoze, remove and re-install apache.
> Look at the system log files as they SHOULD tell you what was causing
> the crash.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan S <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 6:26 PM
> To: php php <[email protected]>
> Subject: [PHP] Xampp question, pretty much 0T
> 
> 
>  Hello!
> 
> I have been using XAMPP for quite some time now (thanks to the
> recommendations from this list) without any real complaints...
> and the only reason I am writing here is because i am sure a lot of you
> guys run the same thing considering the amount of people who
> recommended it to me when I asked for an easy install of AMP.
> It was easy to install and has given me months of hassle free use...
> but today i have started facing some strange problems of everytime I
> start Apache.. it crashes my laptop, anybody else run into this?
> I use this only for PHP, no perl.
> 
> My config:
> Win Vista home premium with all updates and patches (genuine, not
> pirate copy)
> core2 duo 2ghz
> 2 gigs ram
> 
> Nothing installed today for it to be acting up so.
> 
> Do you suggest I reinstall? or can I just reinstall Apache in some way?
> If i have to reinstall is there an easy way of backing up my stuff and
> then reinstalling then putting my stuff back? (I know i can just copy
> the files that were in the htdocs... but am talking about an easy way
> to copy the files and the DBs and put them back... or is that just
> wishful thinking?
> 
> TIA,
> Ryan
> 
> 
> 
> 
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