# PXP? XML? XAMPP? argh! //runs screaming for the hills

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**Created:** [January 17, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pxp-xml-xampp-argh-runs-screaming-for-the-hills/213229 "2007-01-17T22:14:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pxp-xml-xampp-argh-runs-screaming-for-the-hills/213229/1 "2007-01-17T22:14:09Z")

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I just need someone to point me in the right direction:

On this website I am building, the user will be able to select from some 25 different search categories using drop-down lists, buttons, and text entry fields. Once he is all done configuring his search, he will hit a “send” or “go” button to query the database.

Pretty standard stuff, I guess, but I don’t know where to start. I can get as far as creating the buttons and all that, but the rest… ??

I have the book “AJAX and PHP - Building Responsive Web Applications” which has directed me to XAMPP at [http://www.apachefriends.org](http://www.apachefriends.org). I installed and configured XAMPP on my computer but haven’t gotten any further, as learning AJAX has had to take a back seat to getting this Flash website finished.

Am I going in the right direction? Can I use XAMPP as my web server? If so, then where do I go from here? I read the sticky on this forum, but I’m not sure which of the links would be helpful to me. The one that looked promising, [http://www.phpforflash.com/](http://www.phpforflash.com/), turned out to be a dud.

Thanks!