XAMPP is not a virtual machine, it’s a local server, and is excellent for local WP development, however attempting to use WP-CLI takes some more steps, detailed here: https://lmilosis.wordpress.com/2017/11/26/19/
Currently i have several process running in my CI/CD with wp-cli and all works fine in windows and unix. In my experience this is your best option in windows: #1 Add PHP to your Windows Path Variable #2 Install, as @Rup suggests, Git-bash terminal. #3 Execute an wp-cli command like that: vendor/bin/wp cache flush –path=public/wp-cms/wp-core … Read more
Do not use a LAMP on Windows, use a WAMP like XAMPP.
Check if the Apache config has “Multiviews” enabled. If so, try disabling it. Or add “Options -Multiviews” to the top of the .htaccess file.
OK, I’ve now solved this. Here’s what I did. When I tried to use Composer to install psy/psysh using composer, there was a clash of versions of symphony due to some work I’d done with Laravel. I decided to completely re-install Composer using the Windows installer, since I didn’t really understand what was going on. … Read more
I took a look at the WordPress app for Windows 8. It looks as though it is strictly built for WordPress.com, not self-hosted blogs. The apps available for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone on the other hand actually support both self-hosted installations and WordPress.com. Even though you integrated some WordPress.com services into your blog via … Read more
cURL error 60: SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate
You should be able to configure the URL that WP uses for the links in the backend, at Settings->General.
The forward slash works on every operating system supported by PHP. Yes, on Windows too. It is also more readable and easier to type, so there is no need to use the constant. See the tickets #20849 and #15598 for related discussion on Trac.
The error has nothing to do with your setup. It says that your connection credential to MySQL database is incorrect. ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user ‘root’@’localhost’ (using password: YES) When you were setting up the MySQL by following the tutorial sudo apt install -y lamp-server^ It probably did ask you to set a … Read more