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Xampp/PhpMyAdmin alternative database tool suggestions?

I've been using xampp since around 2013 when I've first started learning php, but it keeps giving me hell and I'm considering switching to another database tool.

I keep seeing apps like the one below in laravel tutorials, is there an easy to use app like this one for Windows 11? Or is there any other app/program/tool that you recommend instead of xampp-phpmyadmin?

Edit : I can't even start working on my project now because of some "Mysql shutdown unexpectedly" error, I'm gonna take the first comment's advice. I know it's a fixable problem but there's no permanent cure for it and it happens every week or so, I'm sick of XAMPP's errors at this point. I'm not even going to try to fix it.

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@Tray2 Thanks so much! I just installed DBeaver, but since XAMPP was hosting my database, it can't connect to it because XAMPP isn't working.

I'm a DB noob, can you recommend a way to host (if that's the correct word) my database on local? Or can DBeaver do this itself? I can't find a setting that looks like that.

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I installed MySQL and that did it! Idk if dbeaver has that function built in but it works for now. Thanks again!

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@motinska94 XAMPP is a bundled tool, it contains Apache, MySQL and PHP, among other things.

You can install them separately, but a bundled stack is usually a good for beginners.

MySQL is a standalone RDBMS and can be used as such, DBeaver is just an editor application that can connect to the database.

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