Localhost Installation
These instructions are for AbanteCart eCommerce application installation on a local server or computer. After installation, AbanteCart can run locally in offline mode.
Installation on local computer
You do not need to get hosting account to test run or develop with AbanteCart application. You can install AbanteCart on your own computer and get convenience of accessing web site and code locally. There are two most popular applications available that provide virtual layer with web server and database functionality.
MAMP PRO is the commercial, professional front end for the classic local server environment
XAMPP is a completely free, easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP, and Perl.
MAMP
If you haven't already installed MAMP PRO, you can download it from the official MAMP website. Follow the installation instructions provided there to install it on your macOS system.
XAMPP
Documentation https://community.apachefriends.org/f/
Please make sure you download and install the XAMPP version that matches the PHP requirement of AbanteCart and your operation system.
Once XAMPP installed and configured:
- unpack all files and folder from public_html directory in the AbanteCart sources archive toxampp_install_path\xampp\htdocs or to xampp_install_path\xampp\htdocs\abantecart_folder_name\
- create empty database. Before you must copy the phpMyAdmin folder from the xampp directory and place it into the xampp\htdocs directory. Before testing phpMyAdmin, make sure that both Apache and MySQL are running. Go to http://localhost/phpMyAdmin/ to create new database.
- start AbanteCart installation: in your browser go to http://localhost/ or http://localhost/abantecart_folder_name/ this should redirect to http://localhost/install/index.php or http://localhost/abantecart_folder_name/install/index.php
Use the following settings asked during installation :
Database Host: localhost
User: root
Password: leave empty
Database Name: your new database name
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