
However, before proceeding to the download & installation process, it will be great to discuss what the XAMPP server really is. Just execute a few commands, and soon you will have Apache, MySQL, and PHP server on your system. Therefore the best way to install the XAMPP server on your Linux system is through the command line. If you are a Linux system user, you definitely know that installing software in Linux is nothing but a game of few commands. Xampp 1.7.3 is running php 5.3.1, but it should not matter unless you have any requirement for a higher php version to test your php code.Next → ← prev How to Install XAMPP in Kali Linux?

To check, click on the admin button in the control panel and click on phpinfo(), do a text search for apc and you will see the apc's configuration. Go to the xampp control panel and stop/restart the apache process. Unlike the newer versions, the php.ini file actually contains the php_apc.dll extension line, all you have to do is remove the semicolon in-front of that line and save. Version 1.7.3 also comes with the php_apc.dll file that is compatible and actually works. It does not have any control panel error, you can start/stop apache without errors, and you can actually terminate xampp. The version that works without errors (none that I can see) is version 1.7.3. I did not check which processes were which, but I was able to delete/uninstall the xampp folders only after I restart windows. These versions also have processes that don't terminate when I chose to shut down xampp, therefore I couldn't uninstall them completely, their main folders couldn't be deleted. I could not stop apache or mysql with these versions, they errored out. These versions do not have the APC dll included with them and the downloaded apc dll files don't work, despite some reports in postings that they do. To get to the point, from my experience, xampp versions 1.7.4 to current (1.7.7) do not work and are full of bugs. I followed the instructions on the popular pages and downloaded the apc dll file, but nothing worked.

I am currently trying to test APC caching, so I searched how to get APC to work with xampp. I am using win7 32bits, and I have been running xampp for a while, but with only up apache for php files. This post seems to show up a lot during google search. Sorry for answering an old post, but I want to add to the public record so that people don't waste time looking for answers (like I did).
