'How to install WAMP server to properly work

To my greatest surprise, my experience with PHP development starts with a REAL pain in the...installation.

I have started it with a brand new Windows 10 x64 installation.

I found a page where all the necessary informations are present to setup WAMP server (updated as of 2022-05-07): https://wampserver.aviatechno.net/?lang=en&prerequis=afficher

Unfortunately, the very much REQUIRED services are not downloadable:

Like this: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8328

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There are SO questions about how to fix various installation issues...

Wait...WHAT? One of the largest ecosystem in development does not have a single setup environment?

After I downloaded the VC installers one by one, manually, I get this when starting the server:

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So please verify that this is the proper, 2022 experience of using WAMP for PHP development, I'm in a bit of shock after experiencing .NET programming so far.

Can you suggest some real and working solution?

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Solution 1:[1]

The most straightforward solution is to use a different package that creates a WAMP stack and just works perfectly after a simple install.

This package is XAMPP.

The most obvious characteristic of XAMPP is the ease at which a WAMP webserver stack can be deployed and instantiated. Wikipedia

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