What WAMP do you prefer?

[Verahta]

I've always just used XAMPP by ApacheFriends and I was curious what else is available. XAMPP, WampServer, Zend, etc. What about AMPPS, do any of you use it?

So, what is your preferred WAMP?

[Sim]

I downloaded Wamp Server a few days ago and it wouldn't work on my Windows 8? or im just a dumbass?

[Jackolantern]

I have had intermittent problems with WAMP Server as well, and went with XAMPP and never had any problems with it.

[Ark]

You can also just use php built in web server. Note: you will need php 5.4 or greater.

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$ cd ~/public_html
$ php -S localhost:8000

http://php.net/manual/en/features.comma ... server.php

[Jackolantern]

Yeah, that is fairly new, and designed to make PHP a little more node-like when it comes to the development server. However, you will still likely need a database and possibly a mail server to test, so you are right back to either installing those separately or using a WAMP-like package.

[Chris]

I prefer WAMP server, otherwise I do my own custom installation.