CSIS 390

Installing XAMPP Lab

· Follow the directions on Page xv of the textbook to download the book’s appendix, or use the Appendix file at this link.

· Follow the directions in the Appendix, pages A1 to A4 to download XAMPP to your virtual machine. You do not need to perform Step 9, setting a password for the root MySQL user at this time.

· You may also want to install XAMPP onto your own personal machine at a later time so that you do not need to depend on the VM to get your work done.

· Demo the following steps to the instructor to show that you have completed the installation successfully:

o Open up a web browser and enter http://localhost as the URL. You should get the XAMPP for Windows startup screen.

o Click on the Status link on the left-hand side of the screen to show what’s running and working from your installation.

o Click on the phpMyAdmin link under Tools to invoke MySQL. This is front-end to MySQL that you can use to create databases, run SQL commands, and administer your MySQL databases.

o Click on the mySQL database to open the database and show the names of the tables in that database (which is meta-data).

o Go to page A13 of the Appendix and follow directions 1 – 4 to test that PHP is working properly.

· There is no turn-in for this assignment, just verify that the instructor has seen your demo in order to record your credit for the assignment.