How to install Magento in XAMPP Windows 11

Magento is one of the most popular content management system today. Although I wasn't able to install its latest version which is 2.4.x, I will still you how to make a cool website out of it using its 2.0.17 version for free. Magento was first released on March 31, 2008 by Magento, Inc.. It can be use as CMS and a shopping cart software. To be able to install Magento, you need to download the Magento and XAMPP file below.

Requirements:

• xampp-windows-x64-5.6.40-1-VC11-installer [download here]
• Magento-CE-2.0.17 [download here]

Assuming that you downloaded the files above, continue to the tutorials below.

Table of Contents

• XAMPP Installation
• Opening XAMPP and running Apache and MySQL
• Copying and pasting Magento folder inside htdocs
• Creating needed database for Magento installation via phpMyAdmin
• Installing Magento website using localhost via web browser
• Opening Magento website homepage and login page
• Accessing Magento website admin page

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

XAMPP Installation

1. Open the XAMPP file that you downloaded. If a Warning appears, just press OK to proceed.

2. Under Setup - XAMPP, just press NEXT to proceed.

3. Under Select Components, just leave it and press NEXT to proceed.

4. In the Installation folder, do not change it also, just press NEXT to proceed.

5. Same for Bitnami for XAMPP, just press NEXT to proceed.

6. We are now ready to install XAMPP, press NEXT to start.

7. Wait for the installation to finish.

8. When done, press Finish to exit the installer.

Opening XAMPP and running Apache and MySQL

1. To run XAMPP, go to This PC > C drive > xampp > and open xampp-control.exe file.

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

3. Apache and MySQL are both running now, if you see 2 Stop buttons under Actions.

4. If there is a Windows Security Alert, just press Allow access.

Copying and pasting Magento folder inside htdocs

1. Extract the Magento zip file that you downloaded. Rename the extracted folder as "magento". Copy your magento folder and go to This PC.

2. Inside This PC, open your C drive.

3. Inside C, open xampp folder.

4. Inside xampp, open htdcos.

5. And inside htdocs, paste here your magento folder.

Creating needed database for Magento installation via phpMyAdmin

1. We need a database to install Magento. To create one, open your web browser and go to 127.0.0.1 and press ENTER.

2. Inside, click phpMyAdmin.

3. Inside phpMyAdmin, click Databases.

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

5. In Create table, name it as magento_table and set 4 as the columns value. Press Go to proceed.

6. In structure or field, name it as magento and set INT for the Type.

7. Select utf8_unicode_ci for Collation and leave all the other fields blank.

8. Press Save to save your database and table.

Installing Magento website using localhost via web browser

1. We are now ready to install Magento. To start, open your web browser and go to 127.0.0.1/magento and press ENTER.

2. In Magento installation welcome page, just press "Agree and Setup Magento" to proceed.

3. In the Readiness Check, just press "Start Readiness Check" to continue.

4. You will then see some warnings and errors that needed to be fixed. In my case, the first one is the always_populate_raw_post_data = 0. To be able to fix this, just go to This PC > C drive > xampp > php > find and open php.ini file using Notepad. Inside, find this line of code: ;always_populate_raw_post_data = 0 and change it to always_populate_raw_post_data = -1

5. Still inside php.ini file, find this line of code next: ;extension=php_xsl.dll and change it to extension=php_xsl.dll. Lastly, find this line of code: ;extension=php_intl.dll and change it to extension=php_intl.dll. When done, save your php.ini file (go to File > Save). Then, go to XAMPP Control Panel and STOP both Apache and MySQL, then, Restart both.

6. After restarting Apache and MySQL, click the Try Again button.

7. You can now proceed with the installation, if there is no errors or warning anymore. Just press NEXT to proceed.

8. Under Add a Database, do the following: Database Server Host - localhost. Database Server Username - root. Database Server Password - blank or none. Database name - magento_db. Leave Table prefix as it is and press NEXT to proceed.

9. In Web Configuration, do the following: Your Store Address - http://127.0.0.1/magento. Magento Admin Address - http://127.0.0.1/magento/admin_login. Press NEXT to continue.

10. In the Customize Your Store, do the following: Store Default Time Zone - your country's time zone. Store Default Currency - your native currency. Store Default Language - your native language. Press NEXT to proceed.

11. Under Create Admin account do the following: New Username - admin. New Email - enter a valid email address. New Password - your admin password (confirm it and do not forget). When done, press NEXT to proceed.

12. Press Install Now to start Magento installation.

13. Wait for the installation to finish.

14. Done! You have successfully installed Magento.

Opening Magento website homepage and login page

1. To open your Magento website homepage, just go to 127.0.0.1/magento or localhost/magento.

Accessing Magento website admin page

1. To login your Magento admin account, just go to 127.0.0.1/magento/admin_login (for this tutorial), Type your username and password and press Sign In to proceed.

2. Below is an example of Magento administration account page.

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