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Can you set up a remote database server even if your Operating System is not Windows Server? E.g. Windows 7

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Set up a remote database server? How would your OS have anything to do with setting up a remote database server? – Mike 16 mins ago
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Of course you can. For scaling most people use remote databases. Linux Mysql and PHP is a popular stack.

When creating the connection you add the server hostname. Depending on the database vendor you have to enable remote connections though which however isn't a big deal.

Depending on vendor not all databases are certified for Windows 7 as a production use.

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Can I set xampp as local database server and connect to the server via ip address? – user2658838 13 mins ago
Yes. You would use localhost as a hostname for that. – Udo Held 12 mins ago
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