Sunday, October 8th, 2006
This tutorial will guide you to run an Apache web server with PHP and MySQL right from your USB flash drive (pen drive, thumb drive). No installation. Just plug and run!
Pretty handy thing to show or discuss a dynamic web project with a client or teacher.
To get started first we need to download XAMPP Lite from ApacheFriends.org
You can get the package here:
Download XAMPP Lite
Download and extract the .zip archive.
Inside you will find a folder xampplite
Now plug-in your USB Flash Drive and copy this folder there.
Congrats!! You now have a web server on your flash drive.
Now its time to ...
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