and also changed the php directory in PATH it suddenly worked. But it annoys me that all this humbug is necessary on a Windows installation that usually is meant as the experimentation copy of a life shop. It is also annoying as I have several Xampp installations for different PHP versions....
Here are the steps I used to to upgrad MySQL to MariaDB in XAMPP on Windows in about 5 minutes. After completing this process, MariaDB will look and work just like MySQL. You may even notice a performance increase in your website. No need to panic fellow developer, increased perfo...
Create a plain text file namedselect.phpunder/htdocsfolder with the following contents in it. Heads Up:If you use Linux, thehtdocsfolder will be under/opt/lampp/directory. If you're on Windows, thehtdocswill be usually inC:xamppfolder. <?php //specify the server name $server_name = "lo...