In this article, we will see How to download and install XAMPP on Windows 11 step by step.
What os XAMPP?
XAMPP is a completely free, easy to install Apache distribution containing MariaDB, PHP, and Perl. The XAMPP open source package has been set up to be incredibly easy to install and to use.
Download XAMPP on Windows 11
1. Go to the download link or open the below link:
https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html
2. Click on the Download At the time of writing this article, XAMPP latest version is 8.2.0.
3. Once we click on Download, New tab opens and download starts automatically.
Install XAMPP on Windows 11
4. Click on the downloaded exe file.
5. Click on next in Welcome window.
6. Select all components and click on Next.
7. Provide the path to install XAMPP on windows. Default path is C:\xampp.
8. Select the language and click on Next.
9. Click on Install.
10. If you receive firewall pop-up, click on Allow Access as highlighted below.
11. XAMPP installation is success. If you want to open Control Panel, keep check as it is and click on Finish.
XAMPP configuration on Windows 11
1. Click start adjacent to Apache under actions columns as highlighted below.
2. Do same for MySQL also.
3. If you want to set default editor XAMPP, click on config.
4. Now open any browser and run http://localhost:80/ and hit enter.
5. Now create a file C:\xampp\htdocs with the extension php or html. Enter the following code.
6. Now in the browser, http://localhost:80/helloworld.php.
So in this articl, we have seen How to download and install XAMPP on Windows 11 and configure xampp on windows 11 and ran the sample php program.
For the same xampp installation on Windows 11, please watch below video: