How to install PHPFusion in XAMPP Windows 11

PHPFusion is another free content management system. It is one of the oldest CMS available today and it is also a popular one. Initially released on April 12, 2003, PHPFusion was developed by PHP-Fusion Inc. There are various types of websites that you can create out of it such as, blog, social, forums, etc. And for this tutorial, that's what we will do. But first, you need to download the XAMPP file and PHPFusion installers below.

Requirements:

• xampp-windows-x64-8.0.23-0-VS16-installer [download here]
• PHPFusion+9.10.30 [download here]

After downloading both files, continue to the tutorials below.

Table of Contents

• XAMPP Installation
• Opening XAMPP Control Panel and running Apache and MySQL
• Copying and pasting PHPFusion installation folder to HTDOCS
• Creating a Database for PHPFusion installation using phpMyAdmin
• Installing PHPFusion using XAMPP localhost via web browser
• Opening PHPFusion website homepage
• Opening PHPFusion website admin page

Here are the steps on how to install PHPFusion using XAMPP in Windows pc

XAMPP Installation

1. Open the XAMPP file that you downloaded earlier. If a Question regarding antivirus appears, click on YES to proceed.

2. If a Warning regarding User Account Control appears, just click OK to proceed.

3. Under Setup - XAMPP, click NEXT.

4. In the Select Components, do not change anything and click NEXT to proceed.

5. Under Installation folder, do not change it also. Click NEXT again to proceed.

6. For installation Language, English is selected by default already. Click NEXT to proceed.

7. We are now ready to install our XAMPP. Click NEXT again to start the installation.

8. Wait for the installation to finish.

9. When done, click Finish to exit the installer.

Opening XAMPP Control Panel and running Apache and MySQL

1. To open XAMPP Control Panel, you can click its shortcut in your desktop or go to Start and search for it.

2. Inside XAMPP Control Panel, click the Start buttons for Apache and MySQL.

3. If you see Stop buttons now, meaning, Apache and MySQL are both running now.

4. If a Windows Security Alert appears, press Allow access to proceed.

Copying and pasting PHPFusion installation folder to HTDOCS

1. Extract the PHPFusion zip file that you downloaded. Rename the extracted folder as phpfusion. Make sure all its contents are not directly inside your phpfusion folder. Copy phpfusion folder and go to This PC.

2. Inside This PC, open your C drive.

3. Inside C, open xampp folder.

4. Inside xampp, open htdocs folder.

5. Paste phpfusion folder inside htdocs.

Creating a Database for PHPFusion installation using phpMyAdmin

1. We need to create a database for our PHPFusion installation. To start, open your web browser and go to 127.0.0.1 and press ENTER.

2. Inside, click on phpMyAdmin.

3. Inside phpMyAdmin, click Databases.

4. In the Create database, name it as phpfusion_db and next to it set it to utf8mb4_unicode_ci. Press Create to proceed.

5. In the Create new table, name it as phpfusion_table and set 4 for columns. Press Create again to proceed.

6. For structure name, enter phpfusion and for the Type, set it to INT.

7. And for Collation, set it to utf8_unicode_ci and leave all the other fields blank.

8. Save your work.

Installing PHPFusion using XAMPP localhost via web browser

1. We are now ready to install our PHPFusion website. Open your web browser and go to 127.0.0.1/phpfusion/files and press ENTER.

2. In the PHPFusion installation welcome page, under "Please select your Language" select English and check the "I have read and agreed" option. When done, press Save and Proceed.

3. Under "Server and File Structure Requirements Diagnostics" if you see the PHP Extension "GD" and OPCache Support "Not Enabled" warnings, then, you need to fix them first.

4. To enable PHP Extension GD, do the tutorial below.

Fix PHPFusion requires you to enable the PHP extension "gd"

• Go to c:\xampp\php and find php.ini
• Right-click open with Notepad
• Find "gd"
• From ;extension=gd change it to extension=gd
• Save Notepad
• Restart XAMPP
• Restart PHPFusion Installation

5. To enable the OPCache Support, do the tutorial below.

Fix OPCache Support - Not Enabled

• Go to c:\xampp\php and find php.ini
• Right-click open with Notepad
• Find ";zend_extension=opcache"
• From ;zend_extension=opcache change it to zend_extension=opcache
• Save Notepad
• Restart XAMPP
• Restart PHPFusion Installation

6. You will now see that both PHP Extension and OPCache Support are enabled. Press Save and proceed.

7. Under "Database Settings and Server Paths" do the following: Database Hostname - localhost. Database Port - 3306. Database Name - phpfusion_db. Database Username - root. Database Password - blank or none. For Table and Cookie Prefix, just leave these two and press Save and proceed.

8. In the "Site and Super Administrator Configurations" under Site Information Details, do the following: Site Name - name your site. Website Email address - enter a valid email address. Site Owner Name - Administrator. Select Website Region - set it to your country time zone.

9. For Primary Super Admin Account, do the following: Username - admin. Login Password/Repeat Login - enter your desired password. For Admin Password/Repeat admin - enter another password different from the login password. Enter a valid email address also. Press Save and proceed.

10. Now, Infuse all of the Infusions available.

11. When done, all the Infusions are now changed to Defuse. Just press Finish Configuration to proceed.

12. There you have it! You just created a website using PHPFusion.

13. But before anything else, you need to delete the install.php file inside your phpfusion folder in the htdocs. Go to C > xampp > htdocs > phpfusion and find and delete install.php.

Opening PHPFusion website homepage

1. To open your PHPFusion website homepage, just go to 127.0.0.1/phpfusion/files/index.php or localhost/phpfusion/files/index.php.

Opening PHPFusion website admin page

1. To open your PHPFusion website admin login page, just go to 127.0.0.1/phpfusion/files/login.php.

2. Enter your admin account username and password. Your password is just your admin password, not your super admin password. Press Login to proceed.

3. Inside your admin account, click on "Hi, admin" located at the upper-right corner of your website.

4. In the menu that will appear, click on Admin Panel.

5. Under AdminLTE, enter your super admin password and press the arrow to proceed.

6. And you have successfully accessed your super administration account. This page is only available to you as the owner of your website.

Thank you for reading this post guys. If you have a question, just leave a comment below. Cheers!