AMPPS Stack

Has anyone used AMPPS stack to set up a local work environment for working with Dolphin?  I need a way to do development work when I don't have internet access.

Shouldn't be hard. I recommend XAMPP, but you may need an older version with PHP 5.3 for work in Dolphin 7.0 and below.

I have only used WAMP and XAMPP.

However, my preferred method is to use VMware Player and install a actual copy of linux in a vm. If you also install VMware tools you can drag files from your windows desktop on to the Linux desktop. Otherwise you would need to use SSH or ftp to move files back and forth as if it was a hosted server.

It's better this way. That way you don't have to deal with the possible problems of case sensitivity when moving sites from windows to Linux and vice versa.

OK, thanks, downloading a copy of XAMPP now.  For now I am only working with 7.1.x

OK, I will look at setting up a VM with Linux as well.

I looked at XAMMP but decided to go ahead with AMPPS.  I have already set up the domain, installed Dolphin 7.1.4, set up the FTP server and everything is up and running.  Sweet!.  I can just use my WinSCP client to access the Dolphin install to upload modules, files, etc.  Not too shabby.

Didn't know there was a distribution stack called AMPPS (seems it's from Softaculous). As long as it works, but do keep in mind what Deano said about issues with transferring data from Windows to a Linux server.

Yes, but I normally upload files from windows to the linux server; I am guessing that by using the ftp server instead of doing direct file copies to the site directory, it should work the way I currently work when working on files locally and uploading them to the server.  However, yes, I will keep in mind the differences between Linux and Windows.

Had some issues with mail(); I edited the php.ini file to set a path for sendmail to gmail; at least google is good for something.  Did not really want to set up a local mail server on the machine.

Depending on the platform, XAMPP includes a mail server, and it's all contained into that one directory. Granted, I hated it.

Not always.

The biggest problem is the database. Example. Tables with a capitol letter like Profiles are sometimes created as profiles when installed in some windows lamp setups. The reason has to do with the way mysql is configured. In any case, if that happens you will have a mess if you try to import that database into linux.

Thanks for the headsup on this.

You could also try my dAMP (AKA Dolphin Apache MySQL PHP):
http://www.dialme.com/damp-dolphin-apache-mysql-php.php

Currently it includes:
Apache 2.2.x
MySQL 5.5.x
PHP 5.3.x
phpMyAdmin 4.1.x
Dolphin 7.1.4

Database tables are uppercase where necessary for compatibility trasfer to a Linux environment.
A built in compatible Windows cron for ffmpeg video processing, etc. is included.
A Windows sendmail feature (like XAMP has) as well.
And, more.

NginX version is available too see the above link.

It is a portable app, so you can move it to another location/folder, zip drive, etc.

I originally added a nag screen that would appear by the Windows time clock after 10-15 minutes when I was trying to generate donations to cover the time I had programing it. That has since been removed.

It is totally free with no nag screens now.

Simply download it, run the extractor, choose the location to extract to and start it up.

Nothing is installed (or added to the Windows registry), it just runs from the directory it is extracted to. If you don't want it anymore, just deleted the folder it was extracted to and it's gone.

I am hoping to release another update later this fall/winter.

Just another possibility from a smaller developer (Me) that works with Dolphin more than the other AMP(P)s do.