How to install Magento on a PC with XAMPP
After wasting hours yesterday trying to get Magento working on XAMPP, I finally hit a winning combination. So here’s the summary of how to get a local copy of Magento running on a PC. Tested on Windows Vista (32bit) with XAMPP v1.7.1 and Magento 1.3.2.4.
Quick tips
- Use XAMPP 1.7.1 – the version is important! v1.6.8 may also work.
- Enable curl in php.ini
- Install from http://127.0.01 and NOT localhost
