best local testing environment ?

[VisionsOfCody]

Hi

up till now I've been using easyphp as i foolishly thought it was the only local testing environment with php/mysql/etc

but i've just come across a different one called AppServ

is one better than the other ? am i missing something ? is it worth changing ? is there a better one the two mentioned above ?

btw I'm on Win XP - many of you are probably running linux and stuff - which is undoubtedly better but i just need something i can install quickly with no fuss - which is why i like easyphp

thanks for any thoughts you may have on the question

[MarkR]

The best local testing environment is one which is identical to your production environment, or as close as you can make it.

Running the same binaries is ideal.

Mark

[VisionsOfCody]

good point, lol !