XAMPP. What does it stand for? The (X) is a cross, the (A) is [[apache]], (M) is [[MariaDB]], (P) Perl, and (P) [[PHP]].
= What is it =
XAMPP is a interface for [[apache]], [[PHP]] and a [[MySQL]] [[hard-fork|fork]] ([[MariaDB]]).
= Why? =
Simplicity. It has an automatic installer, so you will not need to configure [[PHP]], [[Apache]], And [[MySQL]].