How to install and run drupal locally on your PC using Xampp

XAMPP Installation:

1. Go to the website: XAMPP (click here)
2. Click on the version that interests you
   
   
   
   Start downloading
   
   
   
   Open XAMPP Installation, and follow my steps:
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   - Choose your language, and click Save.
   
   
   
   

   • You will see a window like this:
     
     
     
     
     Now is the time to start everything. Click the first three "start" buttons, and your window should now look like this:
     
     
     
     We have already installed xampp. Now we can go to the installation of drupal on our computer.

     Drupal Installation and running using XAMPP
     

     
     
     
     Drupal is a content management system and framework written in PHP language, used by over one million websites.
     After making sure that we clicked the "Start" buttons in XAMPP, enter the browser and enter the URL:
     localhost/phpmyadmin
     Should be the same page:
     
     
     

     1. Click on Database tab and enter in the text area: drupal
        Then click on the "Create" button.
        
        
        Now we have to download drupal from their website.
        We have to go to the site: https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/7.4
        
        Then click "Download zip"
        
        
        
        After downloading, go to the xampp location, for example: C:\xampp , go to "htdocs" folder and extract the "drupal-7.4" folder there.
        To make it easier, we change the name of the folder from "drupal-7.4" to "drupal"
        Your htdocs folder should look similar (ie it should contain the "drupal" folder).
        
        
        
        Now, go to: \xampp\htdocs\drupal\sites\default
        and create a file called "settings" with the extension php
        Copy the contents of the file "default.settings" (.php) and paste into the "settings" file (.php)
        
        
        
        Now we go to the site: "localhost/drupal"
        The page must look like this:
        
        
        We are now installing Drupal.
        Do what I do in turn.
        
        
        Now the error will probably pop up:
        
        
        To fix it, we have to enter the "settings.php" file located in \xampp\htdocs\drupal\sites\default
        and at the end we must add these 2 lines:

     ini_set('mbstring.http_input', 'pass');
     ini_set('mbstring.http_output', 'pass');
     

     
     Now, after refreshing the page, you should see:
     
     

     In the "Database name" text field, enter "drupal", enter "root" in the "Database username" field, leave the "Database password" field unchanged and click "Save and continue".
     The installation process should appear
     
     
     
     Then general information about the page should appear
     
     
     
     Fill them according to your preferences, and click
     "Save and continue"
     
     There should be a note:
     
     
     and when you go to the "localhost/drupal" page should appear:
     
     
     
     Now you can manage your website.

     
     

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