Development / Maintenance Server on PC?

[ronlee67]

It's been mentioned before in the forums but darned if I can find the message that names software you can put on a PC workstation that pretty much emulates your live host server.

What I would like to do is set up a dedicated pc workstation upon which I would load my entire Zen Cart sites including the databases and use as a development/test/maintenance station. I could install, test and debug any changes to my websites offline including installation of contributions. When satisfied that everything is working I would FTP the files to the live website with some confidence that the changes will work.

My live websites are hosted on Linux, Apache and MySQL 4

What's the name of the software I need to create or emulate that environment on a PC and where can I obtain it?

Many thanks in advance,
Ron

[misty]

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61069
or
http://www.wampserver.com/en/

[ronlee67]

Misty:

That's it! I recognize the name Xampp now. I tried every search keyword I could think of but no hits!. Thanks a bunch!

Ron

[misty]

No problem, though you might try Wampserver
first...have read it works better with zencart.
HTH

[ronlee67]

I'll give that a go! Thanks again.