Joomla 3 installation issue on WAMP server version 2.4

A few days back, I installed WAMP 2.4 on Windows 8 (64 bit). Then I started installing Joomla 3 (latest version at that time) on this operating system. Now, the installation got stuck at the database creation. At first look, it looked like that there might be some incompatibility between Joomla 3 and Windows 8. But the actual problem was with WAMP 2.4 as I searched for the solutions.

In fact, the problem was with PHP version 5.4 which comes by default in WAMP 2.4.

So, at first look, the solution might be like this:

• Download the 2.2 version of Wamp Server 32 bit or 64 bit depending upon your windows. 
• Install it. Then install Joomla 3 , if will become a piece of cake for you now.

If you don't want to compromise on PHP version, then there is another solution available.
Just try this out.

• Go to wamp\www\joomla folder\installation\sql\mysql and open joomla.sql file.
• Find the term "ENGINE=InnoDB" and replace all with "ENGINE=MyIsam".

The reason that this trick works is that MyIsam is more supported and compatible with Joomla.

Hope you will like the post. Thanks for reading it.