Magento

Hi
Anybody tried the new release of Xampp ? Xampp 1.7 was released this weekend (dec. 21) but it doesn’t work with Magento, everytime I try to install it, Apache stops, I used 1.6.8 and everything worked fine after editing files as showed in the Magento Wiki but the last edition of Xampp doesn’t work, of course I edited the same files and checked others in PHP and Apache folders but still it doesn’t install. The problem seems to be Apache 2.2.11 so I am going to try Wamp2f which also includes Apache 2.2.11.

Just upgraded and was able to reproduce this issue under xampp 1.7.

Given where it is happening in the installation (right after asking for SQL userid/pw) it could also be the new SQL 5.1 tripping things up.

How did your testing with Wamp2f go?

Hi
I tried WampServer 2.0f and it worked good with Magento ! I do not understand the problem with Xampp 1.7. Both have:
Apache 2.2.11
PHP 5.2.8
Mysql 5.1.30

Magento with WampServer 2.0f works perfectly but it is impossible to make it work with Xampp 1.7.

can you run the requirement check on xampp 1.7 and see what is missing.
http://www.mtomto.com/8/magento-installation-requirement/

Looks like it is indeed choking on recognizing the MySQL 5.1.30 in XAMPP

Your server does not meet the following requirements in order to install Magento.
The following requirements failed, please contact your hosting provider in order to receive assistance with meeting the system requirements for Magento:

* You need MySQL 4.1.20 (or greater)

The following requirements were successfully met:

* You have PHP 5.2.0 (or greater)
* Safe Mode is off
* You have the curl extension
* You have the dom extension
* You have the gd extension
* You have the hash extension
* You have the iconv extension
* You have the mcrypt extension
* You have the pcre extension
* You have the pdo extension
* You have the pdo_mysql extension
* You have the simplexml extension

Yes, sometimes it can’t recognise mysql version on your server correctly..

You can still try install magento anyway..

get:
http://windows.php.net/downloads/snaps/php-5.2-win32-VC6-x86-latest.zip
and copy :"libmysql.dll"
to
\xampp\apache\bin
and
\xampp\php

restart Apache.

helped for me.

regards!

Hi to all!
For your information in version 1.7.0. of xampp the php.ini is located at xampp/apache/bin and this is the one that you have to modify in order to start the php_curl.dll, php_pdo_mysql.dll and php_pdo.dll and anything you might need.(You might find where is the php.ini that php-apache uses if you run a phpinfo())
It took me a day to figure it out. Stupid me.

Hello, the problem is with the libmysql.dll file on the latest Xampp version.  To fix it just install Wampp and copy that file into your xampp\apache\bin directory.

The problem with this solution which was also posted by a user of Magento on Apachefriends.com (xampp forum) leads to a problem displayed in PhpMyadmin:
Your PHP MySQL library version 5.0.51a differs from your MySQL server version 5.1.30. This may cause unpredictable behavior.

So I do not think this is the real or the official solution. I never had such a message on Xampp before so I will stick to 1.6.8