Easyphp

Tom_Duterme

Hi Everyone,

Anyone have experience with Easyphp? I just installed it on my local Windows machine; was wondering if other users have any comments on the package as a local development tool.

So far it looks good; any non-obvious cons or things I should be careful with when using easyphp?

Cheers,
Tom Duterme

FatalError

I would recommend WAMP Server over that, but EasyPHP is also pretty good. Try both and see what you think.

Rodney_H_

I installed EASY PHP almost a year ago, and love it on my Windows dev box. (At the time, I hadn't learned of the WAMP Server that people here tend to recommend over EASY...). I haven't had ANY problems with it in that time. None whatsoever. It should suit most if not all of your needs. DO you have a more specific question?

On my Mac, I have installed the MAMP server for testing. Also a great tool.

Tom_Duterme

Thanks for the responses. I don't have any further specific questions, but just wondered about folk's general feedback on the package. So far, I have installed Easyphp and am pretty happy with it, although I still haven't played with it as much as I want to.

One question on both packages: are there any security risks when running either? (ie having Apache running in the background)

It seems the biggest different between Easyphp and MAMP, is that the latter has access to PHP 5...

Cheers,
Tom Duterme

Rodney_H_

Please keep in mind that Easy PHP is a development tool only, and is not designed to be used as a working server model. They state this very clearly on their web site. So yes. There is a security risk if you have thoughts other than its intended purpose.

However, for using it to test run your PHP scripts on your desktop, as the package was intened, then I think you should be OK.

Hope that helps, Tom.