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badrobot
(@cyouse)

5 years, 6 months ago

I have been using WebMatrix to sandbox the sites that I maintain in a Windows localhost environment. Unfortunately Microsoft EOL’d it a couple years ago and the current PHP versions available for it are out of date with the current WordPress Version. Can anybody recommend an easy to use sandboxing tool that is still being maintained and can be used with current PHP versions? Alternatively is there any way to manually download a current PHP version and configure WebMatrix to recognize it?

I consider this to be relevant to support because the sandbox is part of my support arsenal.

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JNashHawkins
(@jnashhawkins)

5 years, 6 months ago

You might look at this https://wpsandbox.io/freelancers/

And/or https://localbyflywheel.com/

I’ve barely worked with any of those as I have a Cloud-based box where part of it is setup for sandbox accounts.

Moderator bcworkz
(@bcworkz)

5 years, 6 months ago

Several possibilities can be found at https://www.ads-software.com/support/article/installing-wordpress-on-your-own-computer/

Many people like Local by Flywheel that JNash linked, I’ve no real experience with it either. I use WAMP once in a while, it seems fine. My primary localhost is a native Apache install on Linux.

Thread Starter badrobot
(@cyouse)

5 years, 6 months ago

I have an ubuntu laptop as well. Is it maybe more feasible to work with an Apache/Linux sandbox?

Dion
(@diondesigns)

5 years, 6 months ago

Since you have the knowledge to self-host, you can install the WAMP stack yourself:

https://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/10.1.40/
https://www.apachelounge.com/download/
https://windows.php.net/download/

Select a “thread safe” version of PHP, which is installed via mod_php into Apache. MariaDB and Apache can be installed as services.

Having said this, installing a LAMP stack on Ubuntu is simpler. If that option is available to you, it would get you up and running more quickly.

Earnie Rhyker
(@rhyker2u)

5 years, 6 months ago

@cyouse have a look at a few tutorials at
https://make.www.ads-software.com/core/handbook/tutorials/installing-a-local-server/
to find the one that has the closest resemblance to WebMatrix. XAMPP has been around since 2002, available for all PHP versions, and runs on top 3 operating systems.

edwardjs
(@edwardjs)

5 years, 1 month ago

I like webmatrix and wordpress but WP needed 5.6 which WM3 no longer offered.

Heck, after finding no other solutions i Hacked it a bit & IT works GREAT!!.

Basically , if its looking for 5.3, Ill give it 5.3, or 7.0 dressed to look like 5.3.

I just copied 7.0 into 5.3 IISExpress/PHP dirs. ENJOY…its working good for me…YEA!!!