Is Zen Cart possible with Xampp on W98?

Is it really possible to install a trial Zen Cart in a 'localhost' virtual server, using Xampp version 1.5.4a on W98? I can't even get FileZilla up and running.
Has someone - anyone - got any ideas about this, 'cos I've got 6 days left out of 21 to set up a demo!!!

You might try EasyPHP. I found it pretty
easy to use on Win98. :thumbsup:

Thanks for prompt reply, Tshooters! I will go and do that.

Well ... I.ve done it!

I don't know whether to leap about like Smeagol in the Sammath Naur or just metaphorically pat your feet in adulation, Tshooter. Thanks a bunch!

I found the important thing was to ignore what the install text says about FTP and setting file permissions and just get on with it until the red notices go away.

One thing to note is that EasyPHP help is always just a left click away on the taskbar and that the phpMyAdmin control panel on the EasyPHP Administration page at 'http :// 127.0.0.1/home/' under the <manage database> link and will allow you to get a database up and running. Perhaps this is because, unlike Xampp, EasyPHP actually creates a default database for you when it first installs.

Anyway, thanks for that.

That's great! Pretty cool, eh?
Thanks go to Kobra for pointing the program out to us some time ago.

I run xampp and the only problem I ever had was setting up virtual host, so that I could have the developments sites outside the xampp directory. I gave up on doing it that way. I just stick the zen cart directory in the htdocs directory in the xampp tree. I've done it so many times I can have xampp and a zen cart demo setup in 5 minutes.

Yes, XAMPP is a much better product than EasyPHP - and there's a lot more support for it. But if you have your test site working with EasyPHP then stick with it.

By the way - you shuldn't be using Win 98 if you are connecting to the Internet. Microsoft isn't supporting it with updates any more, and it was shot full of security holes anyway.

Vger

So .. er, even if I have only got poor ol' W98 running on my machine, what will I be missing out on by running Zen Cart on EasyPHP instead of Xampp? Perhaps, if it's worth trying for the extra functionality, I should give Xampp another chance, now that I've got past the 'won't work' stage.

The EasyPHP v1.8 package for Windows includes the following:

* MySQL Database System - v4.1.9
* Apache Web Server - v1.3.33
* PHP Programming Language - v4.3.10
* PHP MyAdmin Database Interface - v2.6.1

• XAMPP for Windows
  The distribution for Windows 98, NT, 2000 and XP. This version contains: Apache, MySQL, PHP + PEAR, Perl, mod_php, mod_perl, mod_ssl, OpenSSL, phpMyAdmin, Webalizer, Mercury Mail Transport System for Win32 and NetWare Systems v3.32, JpGraph, FileZilla FTP Server, mcrypt, eAccelerator, SQLite, and WEB-DAV + mod_auth_mysql.

Pratically speaking you probably won't notice much difference between the two but if you need more functionality its already there with xampp. I don't mind that xampp doesn't create a DB for me on install. I just go to http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ and I'm there. Don't mess with setting up virtual hosts just stick the zen cart directory in the xampp tree in the htdocs folder then the call to the cart would be http://localhost/WHAT_EVER_YOUR_CART_DIRECTORY_IS/
Like I said in my previous post 5 minutes start to finish server install and zen cart. You also can with xampp set up apache and mySql to run as services and they will always be running in the background. Well you are running win98 probably old machine might not be good to run them all the time in the background when not working on you cart.

barco57:

I don't mind that xampp doesn't create a DB for me on install. I just go to http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ and I'm there.
Instead of fire up phpmyadmin, I used to create a blank directory in the folder directly.
mysql\data\MY_TEST_DATABASE

The results are the same, but it seems faster for me.

never thought to do that. have to try it out. thanks

So if you had the 23-step Zen Cart installation guide to fill in for both Xampp and EasyPHP in W98, how would you fill them in?

Step 1: Do You Have A Domain?
Step 2: Do You Have FTP Software?
Step 3: Do You Have A Good Text Editor
Step 4: Do You Have Access To Your WebHosting Control Panel To Create A MySQL Database And User?
Step 5: Unzip The Zen Cart Distribution File To A Folder On Your PC
Step 6: Upload The Zen Cart Fileset To Your Webserver.
Step 7: Creating The Configure.Php Files
Step 8: Set Permissions Of Folders.
Step 9: Before Running The Installer.
Step 10: Starting The Installer.
Step 11: Welcome And License Screens
Step 12: System Inspection
Step 13: System Setup
Step 14: phpBB Setup
Step 15: Database Setup
Step 16: Store Setup
Step 17: Demo Data
Step 18: Admin Setup
Step 19: After Installation
Step 20: Configure php Files
Step 21: zc_install Directory
Step 22: Next Stage
Step 23: Help and Support.

My advice is - stop worrying about whether to use EasyPHP or XAMPP for a local install and start worrying about Win 98.

Years ago I used to have Win 98 second edition on one computer - up to date with all available security pacthes - and it got compromised. Microsoft is no longer providing support for Win 98, so you need to dump it and upgrade to XP a.s.a.p.

Vger

steps 1,2,3,4 and 6 have nothing to do with local server development. xampp and easyphp are not required for the 23 step list, they are only for running zen cart on a local pc. You can do everything on the list without them.