I am prototyping a Wordpress site in XAMPP. Yesterday I was able log in to wp-admin. Today, when I typed http://localhost/TestSite/wp-admin, I received the following message:
Localhost refused to connect
err_connection_refused
I have tried the following:
1. Started XAMPP control panel with Admin rights
2. Used 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost
3. Attached Apache port number to localhost- localhost:1337, localhost:80
4. Multiple browsers: Chrome, Internet explorer
5. I have used Chrome with Proxy server setting unchecked
Nothing has worked
The only change I made to my computer between yesterday and today was to install a VPN. I have tried to access WP-Admin with the VPN activated and with the VPN not activated. No difference.
Make sure Apache and MySQL are activated, then Try http://localhost:8080/TestSite/wp-admin.
VPN privately assigns a port number which you can't see. So ,please uninstall the VPN, restart the system. Follow the following step-
1. Start XAMPP control panel and start Apache and Mysql port.
2. Then go to http://localhost:8080/TestSite/wp-admin.
3. Now you'll see it has started and start working on it.
Enjoy!!!
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I was working on my web-application for a long time now, and someone suggested that I shouldn't be using XAMPP for connecting with my database, as this will only work with the local computer. So I have uninstalled XAMPP from my computer and downloaded PHP 7.4.8 under C:\php directory!
Suddenly the IIS Manager won't listen on localhost. I thought this might be my project so I have created a new project under C:\inetpub\wwwroot\website2 which has three files:
iisstart.htm
iisstart.png
web.config
Even though the other project is disabled, and the new one enabled. the browser returns the following error (I have tried both port:80 and port:8080 just to make sure that this is not the issue!):
This site can’t be reached
localhost refused to connect.
Try:
Checking the connection
Checking the proxy and the firewall
ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED
By this error I have few questions to ask!
How to ensure that IIS Manager works okay?
Even though I have deleted XAMPP the Apache Tomcat 8.0.27 is still installed on my computer. Should I delete that?
How to make the default app work again?
I am running XAMPP and trying to test my PHP but cant get my localhost to connect. I have tried directing it to different ports and nothing has improved, i have tried kill httpd and stop the apache control and restarted XAMPP, still no joy. Any advice?
You probably installed the virtual machine version of XAMPP (e.g. xampp-osx-7.4.4.0-vm.dmg). It does not run natively on your machine, but inside a box and with its own local network IP address. It cannot be reached via localhost or 127.0.0.1 by default, because they only refer to the host system. The guest system should be seen like another machine in the LAN.
You can find the IP address of the guest system in the General tab of the XAMPP app. In my case it is 192.168.64.2. If I enter that in a browser then I get redirected to the XAMPP dashboard (Welcome to XAMPP for 7.4.4-0).
You may enable port forwarding in the Network tab of the XAMPP app. Select localhost:8080 -> 80 (Over SSH) and click the Enable button. You should then be able to reach the XAMPP dashboard via localhost:8080.
I am new to alot of things with WAMP/XAMPP, so i followed a few tutorials online, which required me to go to localhost/phpmyadmin. But every time i open the "webisite" i get an Error 404. As far as i know, no ports are blocked for either of the programs. when i start both apache and mysql on XAMPP it is highlighted green, and the ports are
Apache : 80, 443
MySQL : 3306
When i go to the WAMP icon, and test the port for Apache it says:
your port 80 is actually used by :
Server: Apache/2.4.12 (Win32) OpenSSL/1.01l PHP/5.6.8
which in my eyes isn't a problem.
I installed XAMPP for limesurveys, which i want to host locally. So everytime i open localhost in my browser it loads a website where i can choose from surveys. This list is obviously empty, but the important information is, THAT the webisite is available. now when i try open localhost/phpmyadmin i get a website telling me about Error 404 and stuff. I have checked, that phpmyadmin is installed when i installed WAMP, and also, that the alias in C:/wamp/alias/phpmyadmin.conf directs to the correct folder C:/wamp/apps/phpmyadmin4.1.14/. What im wondering is, why i cant open phpmyadmin...
If you have installed both xampp and Wamp on your machine try uninstalling one and just work with either one, I would recommend xampp. Make sure you move all your work files from htdocs or www, if your are uninstalling xampp or wamp respectively. Then try turning apache and mysql on and see if it works.
Good luck!
You can of course keep both XAMPP and WAMP running together keeping in mind that you have changed the default ports for either of it to some other ports rather than 80,443 and 3306, but sometimes it could create conflict as when you install some other third party softwares or enable certain services that run on port 80,443,3306.
The best alternative here would be to install one of the servers inside a virtual machine with network configured as "host-only-adapter" so that from the base machine you could access XAMPP/WAMP installed on the virtual machine by just pointing the ip-address of the virtual machine through a web-browser.
or,
If you want to run both XAMPP and WAMP together on the same machine but access only one of the servers at a time then you could go ahead installing both of them one after another. But, keep in mind that before installing the other server you have to completely stop all the services running from the XAMPP or WAMP control panel then quit the application. After this step you can go ahead installing the other server without changing any configurations or port numbers. This is because in this case we assumed that only one of the servers would be accessed at a time. Hence, before launching the other server one has to completely quit the application that is running currently by stopping all of it's services. If skype is installed then one has to change the default incoming connection ports to other than port 80 and 443.
Like mentioned above, if at all the intention is to access both servers up and running concurrently then taking advantage of a virtual machine would be the best to avoid conflicts and a long-term troubleshoots eventually.
If you messed up changing ports and config files then you could end up with the following error while trying to access phpmyadmin from XAMPP control panel:
**mysql said: Cannot connect: invalid settings. xampp**
note: while launching the servers , run it as administrator else some services will not start properly.
"I TRIED INSTALLING BOTH XAMPP AND WAMP ON WINDOWS 10 AS SUCH AS POINTED BY MANY THREADS I CHANGED THE DEFAULT PORTS FOR MYSQL & APACHE XAMPP AS IT WOULD CONFLICT WITH WAMP ALREADY INSTALLED ONLY ENDING UP UNABLE TO ACCESS PHPMYADMIN FROM XAMPP CONTROL PANEL. THEN REINSTALLED XAMPP WITHOUT CHANGING ANY CONFIGS OR PORTS. STOP THE WAMP SERVICES, QUIT THE APP AND THEN LAUNCH PHPMYADMIN FROM XAMPP CONTROL PANEL. AT LAST IT WORKED!. THE PROCESS LOOKS SHORT THOUGH WHEN IN REALITY IT TOOK ME COUNTLESS HOURS AND PAIN RESEARCHING ON THE WEB AND TESTING FOR A POSSIBLE SOLUTION UNTILL I CAME UP WITH THIS."
Hopes, this quick tips and guides would be helpful.
Stop all IIS services and Skype with generally use the same ports.
I am using windows 7 32bit. I have installed XAMPP and it's installed successful. When I browse localhost, browser shows nothing. It's not even in the state of connecting.
I even tried localhost/xampp but the result is same. I don't have skype installed in my computer. What's the problem?
This is output from browser.
And this is output from netstat.
This is my XAMPP control panel.
Maybe you have another application running on port 80. You could try to change the port(Unable to change Apache port number in Xampp). And check in your xampp options and see if the apache service is running successfully on selected port.
run (xampp control panel) from start menu, then start your apache
What is the best (and easiest) way to set these up on Windows 7? I have tried Xampp and WAMP but all I get after installing them is a blank local host. So I create a php info file using the following code:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
Put it in the httpdocs folder, call it using http://localhost/info.php and I get a 404 file not found error. Even though I followed the typical install settings.
Are you by any chance running Skype in the background? Skype claims port 80 and port 443 as a firewall workaround. You can disable this in the advanced options -> connection.
This happens to me almost all the time I set up a new PC...
The problem was not with either xampp or wamp. The problem was with the proxy that is installed where I was using the internet. It has blocked access to the localhost. Bypassing the proxy for localhost in Internet options -> Connections -> LAN Settings -> Proxy Server does not fix this for wireless so to access the webserver I have to disconnect from the network to what I need to do and then reconnect.
The web server worked fine when I was on other non proxy networks.