Installation of Moodle on any system requires a special attention, as many configurations and parameters have to change. As we, all know that Moodle is develop by PHP scripting language. Therefore, PHP installation is required in the system for making Moodle work properly.
Moodle Installation Guide:
Download it from Git Hub – http://www.github.com/moodle/moodle - Select the branch Moodle_34_stable to download Moodle version 3.4. You can select Moodle version as per your requirements.
Unzip the Moodle file and place it inside xampp>htdocs folder
Run the xampp server
Open localhost/phpMyAdmin. Create the Moodle database and select utf8_bin
Make the necessary changes in php.ini file in xampp folder
Increase max execution time to 600
Enable xmlrpc extension
Enable soap extension
Enable intl extension
Enable opache.enable – i) set value to 1
ii) Add following string to end of file
zend_extension=”D:\xampp\php\ext\php_opache.dll”
Open Url- localhost/moodle/install.php
Choose language of your preference – English (en)
Check the web address, Moodle Directory and Data directory fields are filled correctly.
Choose database driver>Type>Select “MariaDB (native/mariadb)”
a) Database host – localhost
b) Database name – moodledb
c) Database user– root
d) Database password– ******
e) Table prefix– mdl_
f) Database port– Leave it blank
11) Moodle installation is complete now. Fill out the profile information and you are set to use Moodle.
Video- Moodle Installation by 3E Software Solution