During the installation of WB on a new machine, I noticed that for the php.exe one is referred to the php.net site. However, using XAMPP is *much, much* easier, in terms of installation and support. Why doesn't WB recommend that?
An even easier option was included in the 2011 version of WB, namely a php.exe that came with WB, if I remember correctly. Although that probably did not offer sub options such as using .htacces files, beginners probably won't use that anyway. Why doesn't WB come with that anymore?
I'd think that it would be best of WB would still come with its own php.exe, and that users are referred to XAMPP if they want more sub options.