Accessing localhost (xampp) from another computer over LAN network – how to?

Localhost is just a name given for the loopback, eg its like referring to yourself as “me” .. To view it from other computers, chances are you need only do http://192.168.1.56 or http://myPcsName if that doesnt work, there is a chance that there is a firewall running on your computer, or the httpd.conf is only … Read more

How to configure XAMPP to send mail from localhost?

You can send mail from localhost with sendmail package , sendmail package is inbuild in XAMPP. So if you are using XAMPP then you can easily send mail from localhost. for example you can configure C:\xampp\php\php.ini and c:\xampp\sendmail\sendmail.ini for gmail to send mail. in C:\xampp\php\php.ini find extension=php_openssl.dll and remove the semicolon from the beginning of … Read more