XAMPP alternative?
After using XAMPP for many years, I stumbled over Laragon, and i never looked back again.
Features:
-Easy new Web app creation
-Automatic hosts management
-Sharing your local app over Internet thanks to NGROK tunnel
-Easy HTTPS setup
Download Laragon
PHP Malware Scan
AI-BOLIT is an easy PHP malware scanner.
To launch the scan:
From CMD:
php ai-bolit.php --report=E:\laragon\www\aibolit\ai-bolit\report.html -a
From Windows PowerShell:
php .\ai-bolit.php --report=E:\laragon\www\aibolit\ai-bolit\report.html -a
Apache Web Server Folder password protection ( .htpasswd + .htaccess)
To implement folder password protection ( .htpasswd + .htaccess)
use https://hostingcanada.org/htpasswd-generator/ to generate .htpasswd file, then add this code to .htaccess in the folder you want to protect
AuthName “Password Protected Area”
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /path/to/.htpasswd
require valid-user
Force HTTPS
Force HTTPS / Redirect HTTP to HTTPS
Put the following code in your .htaccess file to force HTTPS access on your Web App. Can be used with WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]