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14,146 PointsWhat is MAMP???!!
He talks about opening the MAMP but never had us download it and install it?? Also, the video I'm watching is for Windows not Mac. Can anyone let me know what I missed?
7 Answers
Andrew McCormick
17,730 Pointscheck out this video: http://teamtreehouse.com/library/using-php-with-mysql/connecting-php-to-mysql/installing-mysql-with-mamp
MAMP is for Mac
XAMPP for Windows/ Linux (or I use WAMP): http://teamtreehouse.com/library/using-php-with-mysql/connecting-php-to-mysql/installing-mysql-with-xampp
Oh and to answer your exact question: MAMP stands for Macintosh, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. MAMP is an application you can install on your Mac which allows you to have access to a local PHP server and MySQL server. Essentially, MAMP gives you all of the tools you need to run WordPress on your machine, for development and testing purposes.
From the codex
Derek McLaughlin
7,760 PointsMAMP installs a local server environment on your Mac that allows you to run Wordpress and develop your theme, plugin and or website in an environment on your computer rather than on your live web hosting server. Then when finished developing, you can just transfer it to your web host.
XAMPP is software pretty much the same software but was originally geared towards Windows, while MAMP was geared towards Mac. Now both will work on either Windows or Mac.
I am running a Mac and I prefer MAMP. I find it a little easier to use and seems to works better on the Mac.
MAMP: http://www.mamp.info/en/ XAMPP: https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html
Hope this helps.
Josh Hicks
14,146 PointsOK, so XAMPP is equivalent to MAMP then? Or do I need XAMPP and WAMP/MAMP in order to run Wordpress locally ?
Andrew McCormick
17,730 Pointsyou only need one. either MAMP, XAMPP, or WAMP
Josh Hicks
14,146 PointsAhhh, OK. So the parts of the video that shows him using MAMP I should just try to do the same thing in XAMPP. Since that's what I have installed.
Josh Hicks
14,146 PointsThanks!!