Install XAMPP
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You guys asked me to create an updated tutorial on how to install XAMPP, so here it is. I wanted to cover everything though, so I show how to install XAMPP. I also cover how to fix all of the common errors. I show how to setup Administrator accounts on Windows 10 and then allow them to run apps, which is normally restricted. Then using phpMyAdmin we create user accounts and a database. To round out the tutorial I then create PHP / MySQL configuration files and PHP scripts that are used to query and update the database.
No need to create Administrator account, just close xampp-control and re-open it with right click, run as Administrator
Underated comment, thanks man x
do you still do the registry stuff?
tnx bro
any idea how to remove the admin account?
No need to.
Hi Derek. I know almost all the subjects that you have created tutorial for, but still I like watching them. Your tutorials are excellent, short and straight to the point.
+Amir Hesamian Thank you for the compliment :) I do my best to keep them interesting.
Hi Derek. I'm engaged in building sites and now I'm studying php programming, your lesson helped me a lot. Thank you!
Thank you :) Best of luck with your work
Personally I wouldn’t use localhost and port number on the action attribute of the form otherwise when you come to upload your site these details won’t match the web server. I don’t think it’s good practice changing port numbers either as most web servers will use the default. Better to keep all files in htdocs too and keep your file directory contained in that. That way when you upload your site everything will point to the correct location. This guy is very knowledgeable and a great teacher, I think this particular video is made far more complex than it has to be, 99% of the time Xampp just works and no configuration is needed.
0:41 the way you are doing this is absolutely perfect , I sometimes have trouble with installs and like to see outcomes of what goes on. Thank you so much.
I'm happy I could help :)
For admin privelages an easier way is to:
right click on xampp-control
click properties
click compatibility
under settings click run as admin
every time you open it it will always run as admin
Dude you are genius. Simple tutorial, straight to the point
Thank you very much :) I'm glad it worked for you
you know this is the best tutorial from thousand others i have seen, really step-by-step, thank you a lot
Thank you for the compliment :) I'm glad it helped
this is literally the most useful thing in my life
+Akshaya Dinesh Thank you :) I'm glad that I could help
Hi Derek! I made it through the tutorial. Great stuff! I just noticed that you have TONS of tutorials saved as playlists. I'll be going through some of those as well. I'm particularly interested in installing WordPress on top of my new XAMPP installation. If you don't have a XAMPP/WordPress specific tutorial, you might want to consider making one. I'm trying to find some good ones here on RUclips, but none that I have found are nearly as clear, comprehensive and understandable as the way that you product yours. Keep up the great work! It is greatly appreciate by all of us learners.
Thank you for all the nice compliments :) I made a tutorial on how to install Wordpress on your localhost that should still work ruclips.net/video/kWHvdKGLg_c/видео.html
I'll be checking that out, along with your other Wordpress videos. Have a great weekend!
for me, you're the best tutor...you did everything... keep it up Mr. Derek
Thank you for the nice compliment :) Many more are coming
It finally worked!! The mysqli_connect.php file must be outside the htdocs for the database to connect. Thanks Derek for all your awesome programming tutorials. I have learned a lot. Keep up the hard work!:)
Thank you for sharing that :) I'm very happy you liked the video
Derek i did what you said copy paste code but at the end i get"Object not found!
The requested URL was not found on this server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again.
If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 404"
will you please share your solution for this problem
I had this problem to what I did to fix was the addstudent, getstudent and student added not in httd.docs. Mysql_connect should only be in xampp outside the docs.
Luke Gallagher you're awesome for that
Hey Derek.
Your tutorial helped me a lot.
I got nothing to say, except THANK YOU !
I'm preparing a project for university and your job helped me very very much.
Keep up the good job, smart boy !
You're very welcome :) Best of luck on your project
Thank you for creating this tutorial. I have a few points of (hopefully) constructive critique:
- Your double cursor issue when the screen is zoomed in is still a thing that you should fix ASAP, a lot of your vedeos are affected by that
- The error message about port 80 and 443 being used is most likely caused by Skype, and can be fixed by going to Skype's _Tools > Options... > Advanced > Connection_ then un-checking "Use port 80 and 443 for additional incoming connections", then restarting Skype. By doing this you don't have to change the numbers around and using just "localhost" in the browser without a port number will correctly send requests to the web server.
- Running without administrator rights has never caused any interference in my workflow personally, I always ignored that message, and to this day I had no issues using XAMPP, no need to set up a whole another user account and mess with registry
- The things you used SQL queries for would perhaps be easier to understand if you used phpMyAdmin's GUI to do it, sunce it has forms for both queries you ran
- You wrote "OR dies('…" instead of "OR die('…"
- Using a relative URL for the form's action (e.g. "/studentadded.php") is a lot easier to type and entering the wrong address is much less likely that way
+DJDavid98 Thank you very much for the input. I meant to set everything up so that I could cause the largest number of errors so that I could cover everything that could go wrong. I guess I didn't emphasize enough in the video that administrator writes where not needed as you said and that everything works without it.
why can't you just right click the xampp control panel and hit "run this program as administrator"? This can even be done by default by messing with that program's compatibility settings.
The only difference I am seeing is that I am getting X's by everything but Mercury. Is this OK?
Yes you don't have to be admin
I've done everything and doubled check that is shown in this video, still I get "Object not found!
The requested URL was not found on this server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again.
If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 404
localhost
Apache/2.4.23 (Win32) OpenSSL/1.0.2h PHP/5.6.24"
I've read the comments for some guide still can't get it :(
When I try opening the xampp control panel normally (not as an admin) the Service boxes in the first column are fine... But if I open the control panel as an administrator, red X's appear in the Apache and MySQL service boxes (like at 6:11).. But I restart the computer, and the red X's are still there.... If I click Admin beside mySQL, I get the error "The mysqli extension is missing. Please check your PHP configuration"... How do I fix this? Thank you for your time!!
I have to say I am impressed with how many languages you mastered. Thank you for clearing so many doubts.
I'm happy I could help :) I've learned a lot as an old man
Thanks Derek! I really enjoy your videos and really appreciate how you cover common problems!
+David Moncada You're very welcome :) I just make videos based on the great requests everyone makes.
Phpmyadmin is asking me to login with my username and password after I changed 'cookie' and my passoword... What's my username? I don't remember setting one up... So what do I do now?
login with what did you set in config.inc file like username root password turtledove
Ah I see... I left my username as Root. Thank you.
Thanks, I had the same problem
Sorry - confused about this - what do you mean? I am using Root and the password in the config file and it's not letting me log in!
Is there a way to change password. I dont remeber my password. I tried changing in config.inc to username='root' password = ' ' , I also changed the auth_type back to config even then I am getting login screen asking for password. not sure how to solve this please help.
Just got started with xampp and found you again! You are the guy who taught me Java! I noticed that you made a mistake on line 8 of getstudentinfo.php you added an s so die() became dies(). Other than than this was an awesome video!
I'm not sure if it was mentioned in the video, but is there a reason why you changed the port number (and all the processes afterwards, in the configurations and all)? And also, are we obligated to do such changes (the ones you showed right after installing XAMPP and changing the configs) in order to work with PHP andf MySQL? And thirdly, which PHP platforms do you intend to cover sometime, and which one would you recommend for someone who wants to migrate into Web Development (I'm a Graphic Designer wanting to learn front-end and back-end web design and development)?
+Yahanan Rivière Everything I did in this tutorial was done to minimize issues on every operating system. I have tutorials on PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS and pretty much everything else. After you learn them you may be interested in a PHP framework like Laravel, but get very good at everything else first.
HELP: At about 26:14 in the video I get 'system error 5 has occurred', and when I type in my fictitious user name I get the message, 'the user name could not be found'. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
my like set the like amounts to 2K, but seriously best tutorial, period
Thank you very much :)
Always great to watch your videos Derek. I learn so much and your pacing, clarity and examples are awesome ... Thank you.
+Dave Robinson Thank you for the nice compliment :)
You deserve an upvote so here it is, Thank you for the tutorial very meaningful and concise.
Thank you :) I'm glad it helped
Do we have to do the steps with Windows if we can use the browser in administrator mode? Because I can connect to LOCALHOST but when I connect to LOCALHOST:1234/DASHBOARD It cant reach that page.
Hi Derek I went through the steps and what just happened is that the xamp-control icon in the xampp file has been changed to an ini file. Any idea on what the problem might be?
I'm at the time 10:52 in the video and I keep getting an error when I press go. The error is Error:#1046 No database selected and it says MySQL returned an empty result set (i.e. zero rows). (Querry took 0.0600 seconds.). I went back to see if I had done something wrong in a previous step but I still cant figure out how fix it.
My config.inc.php file does not look the same. IT does not have all those many letters. So, I could not change the password there. Now I get
" phpMyAdmin tried to connect to the MySQL server, and the server rejected the connection. You should check the host, username and password in your configuration and make sure that they correspond to the information given by the administrator of the MySQL server." What did I do wrong?
I keep getting the error message "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '$query' (T_VARIABLE) in C:\xampp\htdocs\getstudentinfo.php on line 6"
I tried copying your code as is but can't find the issue.
Hi Derek, You make everything simple. Really nice tutorial.
+Amey Mhasawade Thank you :) I do my best
Hi, I am unable to find under hkey_local_machine, policies, system, "FilterAdministrationToken" @ 7.12. This step prevents me from getting localhost to run in Microsoft Edge. Any help appreciated.
Help! :(
By the step: 10:42
- it says:
SHOW PLUGIN LIKE '%PASSWORD_CHECK%'
CANNOT READ FOLDER: 'c:\XAMPP\MYSQL\LIB\PLUGIN\' FAILCODE: 2 " no such file or directory"
Hi!
Did you manage to solve this? I have exactly the same problem.
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Hakan
Okay so you are going to want to follow these steps, what worked for me was i went into xampp>mysql, created "lib" folder, went into "lib" folder and created "plugin" folder and tried creating a user again and now user creation works using phpmyadmin.
I did the same thing and it worked for me too. I found this solution in a forum. It should work as general case i guess.
Thank you! Worked for me!
Thank You @Lorenzo...Thank You So Much....You are mY Hero...that work it to me
On my control panel it's showing "problem detected " Mercury not found" "disabling Mercury buttons" "Run this program for your XAMPP root directory" after completing up until command prompt in video.Why is that?
Incredible explanation. Thank you very much. No fluff just details.
Thank you :) I'm glad you liked it
Just a like a few others have in the past, I am having trouble at 11:00 to 11:20. I'm typing exactly what's in shown the field and yet I getting an error near GRANT and when I hit go I receive a "MySQL returned and empty result in zero lines" Do I really need to do all of these steps just test php and html programming for my programming class? Is there something simpler?
Try comparing your code to mine using diffnow.com. Here is my code www.newthinktank.com/2015/12/install-xampp/
Previously I set up xampp without changing any http port and I could type in localhost into my browser address and xampp dashboard would display fine. Followed your video and changed the default port 80 to 1234, but now I have to type in localhost:1234 to get my dashboard... Is there anyway that I can set this up without having to add in port :1234 each time?
Hey Derek, I hae a quick question, I know you stored the msqli_connect.php file in the xamp file, but did you put the other documents we created in the htdocs file or did you also save them outside? My getstudentinfo.php file is promoting a 404 not found response.
Hi, Yes I store the other files in htdoc
Anyone with the #2002 error, I may have a fix for you.
This is what I did:
C: > xampp > mysql > data
Cut ib_logfile0 and ib_logfile1 and paste to another location.
Then Open up Xampp Control Panel, go to services.
Run the service that you setup in the MySQL setup. For example, "MySQL55".
After this it should work, let me know if this works for you!
i m having a problem with creating a new database. the myphpadmin page does not show a button to create a new database...
Hi Derek please help:
Welcome to phpMyAdmin
Error
MySQL said: Documentation
#2002 - No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
- The server is not responding (or the local server's socket is not correctly configured).
mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/2002): No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
Connection for controluser as defined in your configuration failed.
mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/2002): No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
Thank you, you seriously helped me out. Very clear and thorough tutorial. Subbed!
I'm very happy that I could help :)
i tried ur method and error pops up:
Warning: require_once(..lab4_13.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\getstudents.php on line 13
Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required '..lab4_13.php' (include_path='C:\xampp\php\PEAR') in C:\xampp\htdocs\getstudents.php on line 13
can u give me a reply man...
I thoroughly enjoyed following along with this video, man thanks for making this upload!!!
Thank you :) I'm glad it helped
Given a thumbs up, because of the new stuff that I didn't know of, like setting root password and other stuff on xampp
I'm glad I could help :)
I copied the code from your link into the 4 php files and saved them in my xampp folder but whenever I go to do what you did at 25:30, I get a message that says the following:
"Object not Found!
The requested URL was not found on this server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again.
If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 404
localhost
Apache/2.4.23 (Win32) OpenSSL/1.0.2h PHP/5.6.24"
I'm not sure If I saved it wrong or what. Any idea on what the issue is?
Try this stackoverflow.com/questions/21811684/localhost-info-php-is-showing-object-not-found-what-to-do
question: i have een syntax error by the sql GRANT INSERT, SELECT, DELETE, UPDATE ON databasename.* to 'user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIELD BY 'password'; Error is near GRANT
+mauries Schmitz yeah me to
me too. did you find the solution for it?
Question. I am at the part where I am in Regedit. Once I get into System folder there is no FilterAdministratorToken. It goes right from EnableVirtualization to legalnoticecaption. What am I missing?
+Jason Pelberg Don't worry about it. You can add the value or ignore it. Admin isn't needed for Xampp
when i go to local host to test php it says"Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function dies() in C:\xampp\mysqli_connect.php:8 Stack trace: #0 C:\xampp\htdocs\getstudentinfo.php(3): require_once() #1 {main} thrown in C:\xampp\mysqli_connect.php on line 8"
why it said "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'echo' (T_ECHO) in C:\xampp\htdocs\getsalesinfo.php on line 26"
when I write net user administrator /active:yes
I'm getting, system error 5 occured, access denied on the cmd. what should I do?
after doing all those tutorial, in the last part of your video am I suppose to log in the web on the administrator mode or back to the usual mode? cause when I open the web on the administrator mode and try to login into localhost:1234/addstudentinfo.php this is what I get:
Unable to connect
Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at localhost:1234.
The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments.
If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer’s network connection.
If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.
can anyone or Derek help me out? thanks.
Mr Banas, Thank you very much!
Amazing job, very clear and concise instruction.
Great work man!
Thank you for the compliment :)
+Derek Banas, I figured it out!! Okay so I started over and did everything again all the way to the point where im logged in as administrator trying to have that error in xampp control about not having rights go away. Well followimg every step exactly through and it still did not allow me to have administrator rights. Id admit at first I was sad, but then I right clicked on xampp control panel and clicked on (run as administrator) and it worked!! I dont know why it didnt work in the first place once I logged in as administrator and tried opening it then. But hey this was another way I guess gor haveing administrator rights! Thank you for replying back, you do an awesome job with tutorials and I will continue to watch them and will recommend people to watch your videos only because they really helped me.
Thanks again,
Keldrick Brown
+Keldrick Brown Thank you very much for taking the time to help out others. I greatly appreciate that. I'm glad I could help.
would you kindly say how did you solve this problem:
#1044 - Access denied for user ''@'localhost' to database 'web'
Awesome! Excellent video with exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for this.
Thank you for the nice compliment :)
Finally a video with some config info! Good stuff.
I'm glad it helped :)
Ok it is a pretty old video but just it case someone is still watching the feed. How do I delete created administrator account? Standard procedure( delete user) doesn't work. That newly created administrator now cannot be deleted but my original can. Is there a specific command to undo new administrator? Help!
Hi Derek....My registry did not have a FilterAdministratorToken inside there. So I went into the uipi and changed the default there to 0x00000001(1). But it isn't working. Any suggestions?
You actually don't need it for most everything you will normally do with Xampp. Try it without
im having all types of errors logging into sql or connecting to database with php code... any advice
With this I can run WordPress locally, that's great.
+Poohbi e Yes you can. Wordpress is awesome as well.
derek do you knw much about the wamp server? I am haVING the most extreme problems with trying to install it. after I install it I get an internal error!
+Steve Burrus Yes Wamp for some reason acts poorly on some systems. That is why I tell people to avoid it and use Xampp instead.
hi Derek when i'm in databases i have red cross saying No Privileges what have i missed
cheers
@derek banas I'm also stuck here, please help
The Master Derek at work!! Another awesome video
Thank you very much :)
at 11:17, when i type the sql command and press go, it displays me the following line, "MySQL returned an empty result set (i.e. zero rows). (Query took 0.0000 seconds.)"
+MrARP96 Is there anything in the database? Type SELECT * FROM YourTable;
I need help here! i feel confuced do i need to go into settings and change things to let this program work for me in windows 10? i 5:17 at the video it doest not work for me to write the commands in my laptop i get a error i write everything right like-----> net user administrator * why does this not work for me?!
You can skip the admin part. It isn't needed but I covered it unless people wanted to know how to do it
im totally new into programming its feel some confusing... should i skip the whole video? can i still run it as the program as admin? why did you change at the beginning port nummber ?
Excellent demo ... Thanks a lot Derek - you made my learning easy :)
You're very welcome :) I'm happy it helped
I have tried to get XAMPP working on my desktop many times, almost getting to the point of surrender! You have done an outstanding job with this tutorial. It has to be far and away the best tutorial I have ever attempted to use!!!!!!!
Do you have a site where all your work is available?
Thank you :) I'm happy I helped. Yes my website is newthinktank.com
why whenever i try to go in phpmyadmin to setup my sql user account there is an access denied. hope you can help me. thanks
Started writing a comment about how I was missing something, realized I stored files in wrong directory. oof! Well played server... well played..
for some reason i cant click on the Administrator account to log into, i just can log into my normal user account...any suggestions?
Challenges with xampp control after ports have updated. I have started and restarted windows and signed back in as administrator. When I open the xampp control panel apache and mysql still have red "x". I get messages that appache and msyql are running in the ports assigned. But I am not able to sign in to localhost because of MS Edge error.
What is the MS error you are getting?
Hi Derek, what do I do when I already have an admin account and want to setup appache, mysql and the rest of the stuff, do you have a video for that or should just delete my admin and start from scratch. Please let me know
You actually are not required to have an admin account at all. I just covered that because some people want to hide the xampp install from other users
Do you know how to install FIlezilla in the XAMPP control panel? I don't know how to open up Windows Server's NAT router.
error 404: Apache/2.4.18 (Win32) OpenSSL/1.0.2e PHP/7.0.5 ? and i'm not able to find solution
At 3:12, it says to find 443 and replace it with 8181. The example shows that you changed it in the one spot, but there are other instances of 443 on that page. Do they all need to be changed to 8181?
Only change what I showed
I don't have FilterAdministratorToken in my Policies/System folder. Also, when I activated the Administrator User account, the Start button is not working. Don't know if anyone has any suggestions. I am running Windows 10, 64-bit computer.
+Bree Gates You don't have to enabled administrator for Xampp. I covered that because it is a common question.
Hi Derek, I have been following your tutorial and making changes but just realized its for Windows 10 and I have Windows 7! Should I go back and remove the changes Ive made so far? Ive completed up to Filter Admin Token. I hope I havent messed things up! Thanks
Hi Marion, Everything is the same for Windows 7, but you don't have to be admin for Xampp I just covered that because I was asked to
thank you Derek once again, can I ask, should we not be changing back the User Account Control Settings after we have installed XAMPP, or is it wise to leave it the way it is where if an app changed something, you will never be notified of it?
Just perfect & simple... Thanks for every efforts you make & keep the good work...
+Haythum A. Osman Thank you very much :) Your welcome
Do you teach php & mysql for absolute beginners?
Excellent tutorial. Helped me to setup XAMPP on my PC in no time. Thanks a lot.
Thank you :) I'm happy I could help
Perfect tutorial as usual Derek!
I hope you can do a tutorial about Laravel Framework, and/or the steps of deploying a PHP project using Git and SSH.
That would be just amazing because you make things so easy to understand, and that's the key of a successful tutorial.
+TerryDx Thank you very much :) Laravel is in the works. I hope to upload it soon.
Perfect! I can't wait.
Thanks a ton!
Thanks so much I've been trying configure this for ages.
I'm happy I could help :)
After installing xampp when I restart or off my laptop then the xampp is vanished what is the solution?? I have tried in 3 laptops still facing the same problem
Thanks for Video Derek .I will try to use it to advance my understanding and learning here.👍📚🎓😀
I'm happy to have been of help :)
I keep getting an error message when I load the getstudentinfo page: "Could not connect to MySQL: Access denied for user 'studentweb'@'localhost' (using password: YES)" How do I resolve this?
Go to your xampp folder open the mysqli_connect.php and check the password that is set in there - is it the same as the password you choose before?
WHat if we didnt got any errors from the start should we still do the changes?
If you didn't have the errors ignore the extra stuff
I followed all the steps and I still got this error ******Object not found!
The requested URL was not found on this server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again.
If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 404
i got an error on net user administrator /active:yes that system error 5 has occured please reply i need to install xampp
hey Derek.
after restarting Windows in which account I log in?
administrator or my account?
Your regular account
Hey Derek, I followed your tutorial except for doing the admin user and regedits because I didn't have such errors and show up in the console and when ever I try and go to localhost in the address bar it just constantly loads and never finishes, any idea why? This happens with WAMP as well and I'm following everything exactly as stated.
UPDATE: Now it just gets to "Unable to Connect" page
Are you using the port with localhost?
Yes, when using localhost:1234/dashboard it just constantly loads, when I put just localhost it comes up with unable to connect. I changed the ports to 1234 and 8181 in the files like you explained.
Excellent tutorials! love the pace mainly, Super! thank you!
+Soup Spring Thank you very much :)
Can I install XAMPP into a different Disk? My laptop has gotten two internal disks, one SSD (Operation system is installed in it) and one HDD. So, can I install xampp in HDD ? (The path will not be "C:\Program Files(x86)\...").
I hope you understand what I want to say.
Yes you can install it in any drive
Derek Banas thank a lot for your reply 🙂
Thanks Derek fo this great videos,, more tutorial comes hopefully
Thank you :) I do my best to upload 3 a week
Derek even tjhough I have now seen quite a few videos on how to i nstall both xampp and wordpress I am STILL not getting it right. and I also have about 3 past installations of xampp but every time I try to delete them I fail to do that. Can you please help me w. that xampp-wordpress integration?
+Steve Burrus I show how to install Wordpress on the localhost in this video ruclips.net/video/kWHvdKGLg_c/видео.html Tell me if you need any more help. What OS are you using?
+Derek Banas "What OS are you using?" The OS is si mply MS Wimndows 10. [ or is it "Windoze"? ] I will review your video on installing wordpress and tell ya what happens when I try to.
Hi Derek,
First of all I thank you for this excellent very informative video. The information is provided is excellent and to the point. I followed your step by step instructions till I got stuck at "Registration Editor". While going Microsoft--->Windows--->System---> I could not find "Filter Administration Token". All the information except this could be found. In view of this, my Microsoft Edge is not opening when I click Apache or PHP to Start. I shall appreciate your prompt response.
I have a problem connecting with the MySQL server, it says
Problem detected!
[mysql] Port 3306 in use by ""C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\bin\mysqld.exe" --defaults-ile="C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\my.ini" MySQL57"!
[mysql] MySQL WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
Can you help me please?
+Ijlal Nasir You may have 2 versions of MySQL installed. Have you seen this solution stackoverflow.com/questions/18177148/xampp-mysql-does-not-start
I think that may be the problem. Thanks a lot Derek. I'm gonna give it a go.