How to install and run drupal locally on your PC using Xampp
utopian-io·@vitusc·
0.000 HBDHow to install and run drupal locally on your PC using Xampp
#### What Will I Learn?
- How to install XAMPP on your PC
- How to install Drupal on XAMPP
- Running Drupal on your locally PC
#### Requirements
- Some of free time
- Internet Connection
#### Difficulty
- Basic
#### Preparation
In this tutorial you will learn how to install drupal on your PC using Xampp. First of all we have to install XAMPP.
XAMPP is a free and open source web server software, consisting mainly of the Apache HTTP Server, MariaDB database, and interpreters for scripts written in the PHP and Perl programming languages.
I will present now how to download and install xampp step by step. If you already have XAMPP software on your computer, skip this point.
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#### XAMPP Installation:
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1. Go to the website: [XAMPP (click here)](https://www.apachefriends.org/pl/index.html)
2. Click on the version that interests you<br>
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3. Start downloading<br>
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4. Open XAMPP Installation, and follow my steps:<br>
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- You will see a window like this:
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- Now is the time to start everything. Click the first three "start" buttons, and your window should now look like this:
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We have already installed xampp. Now we can go to the installation of drupal on our computer.
#### Drupal Installation and running using XAMPP<br>
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Drupal is a content management system and framework written in PHP language, used by over one million websites.<br>After making sure that we clicked the "Start" buttons in XAMPP, enter the browser and enter the URL: <br>localhost/phpmyadmin<br>Should be the same page:<br>
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1. Click on Database tab and enter in the text area: drupal
Then click on the "Create" button.<br>
Now we have to download drupal from their website.
We have to go to the site: [https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/7.4](https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/7.4)<br>
Then click "Download zip"<br>
<br>After downloading, go to the xampp location, for example: C:\xampp , go to "htdocs" folder and extract the "drupal-7.4" folder there.
To make it easier, we change the name of the folder from "drupal-7.4" to "drupal"
Your htdocs folder should look similar (ie it should contain the "drupal" folder).<br>
<br>Now, go to: \xampp\htdocs\drupal\sites\default
and create a file called "settings" with the extension php
Copy the contents of the file "default.settings" (.php) and paste into the "settings" file (.php)<br>
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Now we go to the site: "localhost/drupal"
The page must look like this:<br>
We are now installing Drupal.
Do what I do in turn.
Now the error will probably pop up:<br>
To fix it, we have to enter the "settings.php" file located in \xampp\htdocs\drupal\sites\default <br>and at the end we must add these 2 lines:
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ini_set('mbstring.http_input', 'pass');
ini_set('mbstring.http_output', 'pass');
```
<br>Now, after refreshing the page, you should see:<br>
In the "Database name" text field, enter "drupal", enter "root" in the "Database username" field, leave the "Database password" field unchanged and click "Save and continue".
The installation process should appear<br>
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Then general information about the page should appear<br>
<br>Fill them according to your preferences, and click <br>"Save and continue"<br>
There should be a note:
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and when you go to the "localhost/drupal" page should appear:<br>
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Now you can manage your website.
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