# XAMPP - Good or Bad?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xampp-good-or-bad/189096>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [May 13, 2006, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xampp-good-or-bad/189096 "2006-05-13T16:24:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rustyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Rustyd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Rustyd)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2006, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xampp-good-or-bad/189096/1 "2006-05-13T16:24:55Z")

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Hi,

EXTREME PHP/MySQL Newbie here!

I have been tasked with learning PHP/MySQL. I found this site which supposedly loads Apache, PHP, MySQL and MySQLadmin:  
[http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html](http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html)

Can anyone tell me if this is a good route to take? If not, what is the best way to go about it? I want to run as Localhost for my Dev environment.

Any suggestions, or should I go the XAMPP route?

System:  
Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2  
3.2G Dual Core w/ 2046MB RAM

Thanks,  
Rustyd