Bash function for starting and stopping xampp from the command line on Ubuntu

start-stop-xampp.sh

# Bash function for starting and stopping xampp from the command line on Ubuntu
function xampp() {
	# If the argument supplied to the function is --stop
	if [[ $@ == "--stop" ]];
	then
		# stop the xampp/lampp services
		sudo bash /opt/lampp/lampp stop
	# If the argument supplied to the function is --start
	elif [[ $@ == "--start" ]]; 
	then
		# start the xampp/lampp services
		sudo bash /opt/lampp/lampp start
	else
		echo "usage: xampp [--start] [--stop]"
	fi	
}