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<!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <!-- Always force latest IE rendering engine or request Chrome Frame --> <meta content="IE=edge,chrome=1" http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /> <!-- Use title if it's in the page YAML frontmatter --> <title>Configure FTP Access</title> <link href="/dashboard/stylesheets/normalize.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /><link href="/dashboard/stylesheets/all.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <link href="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/3.1.0/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <script src="/dashboard/javascripts/modernizr.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <link href="/dashboard/images/favicon.png" rel="icon" type="image/png" /> </head> <body class="docs docs_transfer-files-ftp"> <div id="fb-root"></div> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=277385395761685"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script> <div class="contain-to-grid"> <nav class="top-bar" data-topbar> <ul class="title-area"> <li class="name"> <h1><a href="/dashboard/index.html">Apache Friends</a></h1> </li> <li class="toggle-topbar menu-icon"> <a href="#"> <span>Menu</span> </a> </li> </ul> <section class="top-bar-section"> <!-- Right Nav Section --> <ul class="right"> <li class=""><a href="/applications.html">Applications</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/dashboard/faq.html">FAQs</a></li> <li class="active"><a href="/dashboard/howto.html">HOW-TO Guides</a></li> <li class=""><a target="_blank" href="/dashboard/phpinfo.php">PHPInfo</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/phpmyadmin/">phpMyAdmin</a></li> </ul> </section> </nav> </div> <div id="wrapper"> <div class="hero"> <div class="row"> <div class="large-12 columns"> <h1>Documentation</h1> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="large-12 columns"> <ul class="sub-nav"> <li> <a class="pdf" target="_blank" href="/dashboard/docs/transfer-files-ftp.pdf"> Download PDF <span>transfer-files-ftp.pdf</span> </a> </li> </ul> <article class="asciidoctor"> <h1>Configure FTP Access</h1> <div class="paragraph"> <p>XAMPP includes the server version of <a href="https://filezilla-project.org/">FileZilla</a>, an open-source FTP solution. This makes it easy to transfer files to and from a XAMPP environment using FTP.</p> </div> <div class="paragraph"> <p>To illustrate, assume that you have a simple PHP script named <em>example.php</em> on your Windows desktop containing the following code, that you wish to transfer to the XAMPP server.</p> </div> <div class="literalblock"> <div class="content"> <pre><!-- example.php --> <html> <head></head> <body> <h2><?php echo "Hello. Today is " . date('l'); ?>.</h2> </body> </html></pre> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph"> <p>To transfer files using FTP, you must first configure the FileZilla FTP server. Follow the steps below.</p> </div> <div class="olist arabic"> <ol class="arabic"> <li> <p>Ensure that FileZilla is running.</p> </li> <li> <p>Start the FileZilla administration interface by clicking the "Admin" button in the XAMPP control panel.</p> <div class="imageblock"> <div class="content"> <img src="./images/transfer-files-ftp/image1.png" alt="image1"> </div> </div> </li> <li> <p>In the resulting "Connect to Server" dialog box, leave all values at their default values and click "OK".</p> <div class="imageblock"> <div class="content"> <img src="./images/transfer-files-ftp/image2.png" alt="image2"> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph"> <p>You should now arrive at the FileZilla server console.</p> </div> <div class="imageblock"> <div class="content"> <img src="./images/transfer-files-ftp/image3.png" alt="image3"> </div> </div> </li> <li> <p>You now need to set up at least one FTP user. To do this, click the "Edit → Users" menu item. This will bring you to the user management interface.</p> <div class="imageblock"> <div class="content"> <img src="./images/transfer-files-ftp/image4.png" alt="image4"> </div> </div> </li> <li> <p>Click the "Add" button to add a new user account. Enter a name for the new user account.</p> <div class="imageblock"> <div class="content"> <img src="./images/transfer-files-ftp/image5.png" alt="image5"> </div> </div> </li> <li> <p>Select and check the "Password" field and enter a password for the new user.</p> <div class="imageblock"> <div class="content"> <img src="./images/transfer-files-ftp/image6.png" alt="image6"> </div> </div> </li> <li> <p>Next, you need to define which folders the user has access to. To do this, click the "Shared folder" sub-item in the left navigation menu.</p> </li> <li> <p>Click the "Add" button and select the <em>htdocs\</em> subdirectory of the XAMPP installation directory as the user’s home directory.</p> <div class="imageblock"> <div class="content"> <img src="./images/transfer-files-ftp/image7.png" alt="image7"> </div> </div> </li> <li> <p>Grant the user all available rights to this directory.</p> <div class="imageblock"> <div class="content"> <img src="./images/transfer-files-ftp/image8.png" alt="image8"> </div> </div> </li> <li> <p>Click "OK" to save your changes.</p> </li> <li> <p>Use the "File → Quit" menu item to disconnect from the FileZilla administration interface.</p> </li> </ol> </div> <div class="paragraph"> <p>You can now transfer files to the XAMPP server by following the steps below:</p> </div> <div class="olist arabic"> <ol class="arabic"> <li> <p>Launch your FTP client and enter connection details as below.</p> <div class="ulist"> <ul> <li> <p>If you’re connecting to the server from the same system, use "127.0.0.1" as the host address. If you’re connecting from a different system, use the network hostname or IP address of the XAMPP server.</p> </li> <li> <p>Use "21" as the port.</p> </li> <li> <p>Specify the username and password configured previously as your FTP credentials.</p> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="paragraph"> <p>Your FTP client should now connect to the server and enter the <em>C:\xampp\htdocs</em> directory, which is the default Web server document root.</p> </div> <div class="imageblock"> <div class="content"> <img src="./images/transfer-files-ftp/image9.png" alt="image9"> </div> </div> </li> <li> <p>Transfer the file from your home directory to the server using normal FTP transfer conventions. If you’re using a graphical FTP client, you can usually drag and drop the file from one directory to the other. If you’re using a command-line FTP client, you can use the FTP PUT command.</p> <div class="imageblock"> <div class="content"> <img src="./images/transfer-files-ftp/image10.png" alt="image10"> </div> </div> </li> <li> <p>Once the file is successfully transferred, you should be able to see it in action by browsing to <a href="http://localhost/example.php" class="bare">http://localhost/example.php</a>, as shown below:</p> <div class="imageblock"> <div class="content"> <img src="./images/transfer-files-ftp/image11.png" alt="image11"> </div> </div> </li> </ol> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <footer> <div class="row"> <div class="large-12 columns"> <div class="row"> <div class="large-8 columns"> <ul class="social"> <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/apachefriends">Follow us on Twitter</a></li> <li class="facebook"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/we.are.xampp">Like us on Facebook</a></li> <li class="google"><a href="https://plus.google.com/+xampp/posts">Add us to your G+ Circles</a></li> </ul> <ul class="inline-list"> <li><a href="https://www.apachefriends.org/blog.html">Blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.apachefriends.org/privacy_policy.html">Privacy Policy</a></li> <li> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fastly.com/"> CDN provided by <img width="48" data-2x="/dashboard/images/fastly-logo@2x.png" src="/dashboard/images/fastly-logo.png" /> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="large-4 columns"> <p class="text-right">Copyright (c) 2018, Apache Friends</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </footer> <!-- JS Libraries --> <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.min.js"></script> <script src="/dashboard/javascripts/all.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </body> </html>