XAMPP - Replacing MariaDB with MySQL 8 on Windows 10

 How can we change MariaDB to MySQL in XAMPP  on Windows 10

Hello friends, In tutorial post, we are going to How can we change MariaDB to MySQL in XAMPP  server in Windows 10 Operating system. By default when you install Xampp web server, it installs MariaDB. But MariaDB is not 100% compatible with MySQL and can be replaced with the “original” MySQL server.


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To replace the MariaDB with MySQL 8 on Windows 10 we have to follow some basic steps. To do that I have mention step by step instructions for integrating MySQL into Xampp server on Windows 10. We have also  successfully tested on both MySQL 8.0 and MySQL 5.7  with Windows 10 .

Prerequisites:-

1. Windows 10 with Admin rights.
2. Xampp for windows 

Backups:-

First we make backup of old database into a different folder named as mariadb.

1. Stop the MariaDB service from Xampp control Panel.

2. Rename the folder: C:\xampp\mysql to C:\xampp\mariadb

Installations:-

Step1. Download the MySQl Community Server from below link                                         https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql   as zip archive (Windows 64 bit version)

Step2. Select the MySQL version that you want to install on Xampp 
               
Here we are taking MySQL 8.0 

Or If you need different MySQL version then follow below image.

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Step3.   Now extract the downloaded zip archive folder

Step4. Then go to inside the folder and copy all content  and paste to C:\xampp\mysql

Step5. Copy my.ini file from  C:\xampp\mariadb\bin\my.ini and paste to C:\xampp\mysql\bin folder

Step6. Open C:\xampp\mysql\bin\my.ini in a Notepad editor and comment out the line starting with key_buffer= in the [mysqld] section.

Step7. Open a command prompt and run the following commands:

For MySQL 8.0 

cd C:\xampp\mysql
bin\mysqld --initialize-insecure
start /b bin\mysqld
bin\mysql -u root
    CREATE USER pma@localhost;
    SOURCE C:/xampp/phpMyAdmin/sql/create_tables.sql;
    GRANT SELECT, INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE, ALTER ON phpmyadmin.* TO pma@localhost;
    ALTER USER root@localhost IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY '';
    ALTER USER pma@localhost IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY '';
    \q
bin\mysqladmin -u root shutdown

For MySQL 5.7 

cd C:\xampp\mysql
bin\mysqld --initialize-insecure --log_syslog=0
start /b bin\mysqld --log_syslog=0
bin\mysql -u root
    CREATE USER pma@localhost;
    SOURCE C:/xampp/phpMyAdmin/sql/create_tables.sql;
    GRANT SELECT, INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE, ALTER ON phpmyadmin.* TO pma@localhost;
    \q
bin\mysqladmin -u root shutdown

Step8. Start Apache and MySQL in the XAMPP Control Panel.

To verify login to http://localhost/phpmyadmin and check at the right side of the page 

Conclusion

Hey, You have successfully changed or replaced mariadb with Mysql 8.0 on windows 10 operating system. 

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