LAMP is a popular environment for PHP development. It provides a solid foundation for building dynamic and interactive web applications using PHP alongside other components like Apache, MySQL (or MariaDB) on Linux. LAMP is a widely used acronym in the context of web development.
LAMP stands for:
(L) – Linux is an open-source operating system. Its source code is freely available for anyone to view, modify, and distribute.
(A) – Apache HTTP Server is one of the most popular web servers. Apache is the web server you’ll use to serve your PHP files.
(M) – MySQL or its fork MariaDB, serves as the relational database management system (RDBMS).
(P) – PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) is a server-side scripting language.
This guide will take you through the processes of installing the LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MariaDB, PHP). It is based on individual articles detailing the installation processes for Apache, MariaDB, and PHP on Linux.
As an added bonus, you’ll also learn how to install and configure supplementary tools such as PHPMyAdmin, MySQL Workbench, DBeaver CE, and Xdebug.
Enjoy the reading.
