How To Install Magento2 on Xampp

How To Install Magento2 on Xampp

Download Magento2 latest version from Magento2 official Website

extract downloaded files to xampp/htdocs/magento2

Before installation check whether the following extensions are enabled in php.ini

1. extension=intl
2. extension=soap
3. extension=sockets
4. extension=xsl
5. max_execution_time = 900

Check whether the following enabled in xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf

1. LoadModule version_module modules/mod_version.so

After enabling all, restart the apache

Now go to localhost/phpmyadmin

1. create a database for magento2

Fixes For the Issue “Exception #0 (Magento\Framework\Exception\ValidatorException): Invalid template file:" in Widows Environments

In

\vendor\magento\framework\View\Element\Template\File\Validator.php

in

function isPathInDirectories()

replace

$realPath = $this->fileDriver->getRealPath($path);

with:

a) PHP >= 7.2:

if (PHP_OS_FAMILY === 'Windows')

  $realPath = str_replace('\\', '/', $this->fileDriver->getRealPath($path));

else

  $realPath = $this->fileDriver->getRealPath($path);

b) PHP

if (strtolower(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3)) === 'win')

  $realPath = str_replace('\\', '/', $this->fileDriver->getRealPath($path));

else

  $realPath = $this->fileDriver->getRealPath($path);