Run a PHP based app on Windows 10

you can use wamp or xamp or even free hosting

fb3003 said:

php based crm is sugarcrm or suitecrm. are you using one of these 2 or something else?

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Perfex

I am getting this error when trying to run Perfex...
Thoughts?

Windows 10? WSL 2 would be my preferred way to go these days. Its much faster than wamp/xampp and its like having a vps on your own machine.

You need to edit php.ini and enable those extensions.

Gogol said:

Windows 10? WSL 2 would be my preferred way to go these days. Its much faster than wamp/xampp and its like having a vps on your own machine.

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Yeah, looks like it´s too much hassle for a non-programmer to get this running.

Is WSL 2 any easier to setup? At least, in comparison to these two?

And, how about what @FatBee recommends...https://laragon.org/

Do you have any prior experience with it?

I'm not sure if someone has already mentioned but I recommend you to install Local by Flywheel if that CMS is Wordpress

SirLouen said:

I'm not sure if someone has already mentioned but I recommend you to install Local by Flywheel if that CMS is Wordpress

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I don´t what you mean by "if that CMS is WordPress". It´s a php based app if that helps.

Roger Marquez said:

I don´t what you mean by "if that CMS is WordPress". It´s a php based app if that helps.

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I read CMS instead of CRM
Local won't do the job for you then because it is specifically focused on Wordpress, although, you can technically use it to run anything (it just installs the wordpress and the database for you, but you can replace it with virtually anything). But I believe that, as some others have stated, XAMPP may be more useful in your case, because it's simpler and less hassle.

You can go the Docker path, but I think that if you don't have enough sysop skills, it will be a overkill that XAMPP solves with ease.

Laragon is somewhere in between XAMPP and Docker, but is made for pure developers. You will be fine with Laragon Nginx Lite. Also a great choice.

WSL2 is similar to Docker, too much of a hassle.

The magic of Laragon/Local/Docker solutions is that you can config dev environments, that "restart" from 0 everytime you want. This is greatly useful to start with a new dev branch or for testing purposes. Depending on your coding skills and background this is a need or simply a whim.