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Differences Between a Primary & an Alias Domain

Aliases are used all over the Web to control and manage similar domains. Many companies purchase domains that feature typos or alternative suffixes. When you control multiple domains, you can use an alias to keep them all active while managing only one website. Using aliases enables you to offer multiple, distinct domains, as contrasted with a redirect, which automatically takes users to your primary domain. Primary Domains Your primary domain is the one you share with potential visitors. If you own and share mydomain.com, that is your primary domain. Many Web hosts use your primary domain for account access; it's often the first domain name that you set up with the service. When you use an alias domain, it will point to the website files used in your primary domain. This ensures you have only one set of content to manage, while still maintaining multiple URLs. Alias Domains An alias domain is one that points to the same files as your primary domain, without changing the URL. For ...

Guide to upgrade php version in xampp

Lots of time you need to use multiple version of php for your different project. In this case either you want to install xampp on different port or you can install one xampp and upgrade php. In this article I will demonstrate how you can upgrade php in your xampp server. I will demonstrate the complete process by adding PHP 5.6 with XAMPP. Following is the step by step process of upgrading php in your xampp server. Before trying these steps please take complete backup of your code and database alognwith xampp because any small mistake can lead to the corruption of your regular XAMPP. Guide to upgrade PHP in XAMPP server 1) Download PHP :  If you are using xampp ofcourse you are using windows operating system. So first download your desired version of php binary from http://windows.php.net/download/ website. Be careful while choosing binary. If you are using XAMPP then your webserver is apache. So always download Thread Safe binary. Also read the compiler suggestion carefully ...