After making changes in php.ini by uncommenting
extension=php_openssl.dll
My Windows-8 system got shutdown due to power failure and later i use to get this error when i try to start wamp server
Later visiting some link i added the below code to wampmanager.ini file as it was empty
Now the first error got fixed and now throwing this error mentioned below:
Later i also installed visual c++ 2008 to fix this error but unsuccessful. I have many important databases which i have not taken back up also. I am trying to repair this wamp server without re-installing. Can anybody please assist me with this.
Thanks in Advance
go to the wamp/scripts folder
open console
run:
php refresh.php
this should recreate wampmanager.ini
(requires wampmanager.tpl file in wamp folder.
taken from http://sourceforge.net/p/wampserver/feature-requests/10/#750b)
This document may help you How to uninstall WAMPServer without actually uninstalling it
The idea is that you uninstall your current version without actually running the unninstall and without actually deleting any files from your existing install.
You then rename the current wamp folder and then install the same version of wamp, make sure it works, and then copy all your sites and databases to the new installed wamp. If you install exactly the version of WAMP you have currently then you can copy the whole of the .../mysqlx.y.z/data folder and all you databases and users should be there on the new install.
This gets over whatever damage was done to your existing install. You may need to edit the php.ini and httpd.conf to match your existing configuration. I suggest you do not do a straight copy of either of these files as that may just get you to where you are now.
Fixed by installing wamp again into the same directory by renaming the older wamp. I just replaced wampmanager.ini file of new to the old one. Earlier it was just a little piece of code i pasted in wampmanager.ini file. But now it is a big one which fixed this issue. Thanks a lot for you guys, your suggestions saved my time. I did not change anything with php.ini also.
Backup all YOUR databases in SQL format and store the backups somewhere safe.
Stop All Services.
Remove the Apache Service.
Remove the MySQL Service.
Exit WAMPServer.
Rename your current \wamp folder to \wamp_old (This is your backup. DONT FORGET THIS STEP)
To all intents and purpose, you have uninstalled WAMPServer now.
7. Download and Install the new WAMPServer version
(32bit is recommended, 64bit is only for geeks and 64bit PHP is not yet fully converted to 64bit)
Change NOTHING! Check it works in its out of the box state.
Clear your browser cache ( CTRL+F5 ) to avoid any funnies with cached content.
Run localhost
Run phpMyAdmin (If asked for a Username and password; username = root / password = (nothing, leave this blank)
Run \wamp\www\testmysql.php. you will need to edit the file and change the "mysql_connect('127.0.0.1', 'root', '')"
If you want to bring some/all of your old versions of Apache/PHP/MySQL into the new WAMPServer
(Remember, one of the big advantages in WAMPServer is the ability to switch between versions of Apache/PHP and MySQL)
Apache: copy \wamp_old\bin\apache\apachex.y.z folder to \wamp\bin\apache\apachex.y.z
PHP: copy \wamp_old\bin\php\phpx.y.z folder to \wamp\bin\php\phpx.y.z
MYSQL: copy \wamp_old\bin\mysql\mysqlx.y.z folder to \wamp\bin\mysql\mysqlx.y.z
To tell WAMPServer about the old version of Apache/PHP/MySQL you just copied across run a "refresh",
right click the wampmanager icon -> Refresh
Give it a few seconds to go find all the new versions.
Compare your old configs with the new configs, move over any of your local change/requirements.
Remember, config parameters change between versions of Apache/PHP/MySQL !
Make sure your old changes are still required, valid, legal. ( Check the upgrade notes provided by all 3 software providers )
If it all goes horribly wrong. Check the bottom of this Doc to see how to unwind all these changes easily if you get problems.
help you
I have had the same issue. I am working with WAMP 2.5 version. The content of "wampmanager.ini" is OK but it's possible that the php path is wrong. Check folders of section [StartupAction], in my case my php version is "php5.5.12". Surely the error message "The directory name is invalid" was for this.
In win10 you can just right click on the wampmanager.ini file in the root and select Restore Previous Version, then just choose one from a few days ago when it worked.
i have similair issue in the morning and searched SO and other forums but none of the solution worked for me.
It was
syntax error on line number 561 (due to MariaDB)
After checking all wamp installation for MariaDB, i find out that file at root: wampmanager.conf contain lines about MariaDB. I removed all of those and then restarted wamp. It worked like charm!
Rename the wamp folder, you can just add a 1 or 0 to somehing like wamp641 then
re-install wamp server
3.copy paste the mysql and project folders from Bin and WWW respectively from the renamed wamp folder to the newly created folder after installation so that you dont loose any database and project files from your previous projects.
4 start your wamp and it should work well.
Related
I'm working with WAMP Server for local development, As WAMP does not ship with PHP 7.1, I installed it manually as I needed that version for a project to work.
I downloaded the binaries from the PHP site (Thread Safe version) and placed it inside wamp64/bin/php/php7.1.8 and renamed the php.ini for development file to phpForApache.ini and had to change the extension dir for modules to load also.
After all of that I went on phpMyAdmin and here is an example:
There is many more errors of the same type.
My question is how do I solve them?
I am running 4.6.4 for phpMyAdmin...
These errors came mostly cause of your phpMyAdmin version is not compatible with php version please first sure the cause of issue.
So you have to download the latest version of phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin-download-link
Download the latest version from upper right green button
Then extract that zip file in wampp/apps directory and remove all-languages from folder name and remove - from behind the version number this is not necessary but doing this to set a conventional name which will help us while we changing version number in files.
Copy config.inc.php file from older version folder and paste in new version folder which one you extract.
Edit phpMyAdmin version in phpmyadmin.conf file found in wamp/alias directory.
Edit wampmanager.conf file found in wampp/ directory if you found phpMyAdmin version defined in this file because I am not sure probably they removed it from latest version of wamp.
Hop you found this helpful if yes please vote, happy codding 😊
I've been trying to install XAMPP for quite some time now, but every time, at the end of the installation, it says:
Windows cannot find "-n"
And after that, it says:
Problem running post-install step. Installation failed (php.exe) Perhaps you have to install Visual C++ 2008 package.
I have Visual C++ 2008 package and it still says this. What do I do now? I have Windows 10 64-bit for anyone wondering.
I installed it in the root of my C: drive and it worked. Strange that previously I could just install it in my program files folder and that everything works...
Had the same problem when I tried to install xampp in a folder with spaces in its name (some folder example)
It was solved after I reinstalled xampp in a folder that has no space in its name, E.g. c:/xampp
Change your registry settings.
Open Registry Editor by pressing Windows + R key combination, type in regedit and press Enter.
If prompted by UAC, click on Yes to continue.
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
In right-side pane, look for a EnableLUA and set the value to 0 and close Registry Editor.
Restart your computer.
Source: windows10update.com
Then type in XAMPP shell:
setup_xampp.bat
That error could be shown if you already had an older version of XAMPP installed to the default folder (C:\xampp) and you try to install a new version in a specific custom folder.
Just go to the Windows Control Panel, Add or Remove programs and uninstall the old installation of XAMPP.
I can confirm using Windows 10, that the "Windows cannot find -n" message is indeed based on the fact that you are installing XAMPP in a folder which is not c:\xampp.
That is rather a huge oversight for those who distribute XAMPP, they should allow relative paths.
I was trying to set XAMPP in c:\webservers\xampp\ because I'm working with multiple versions of servers for testing and development and well, there goes that idea.
Of course, in the end, I could always just do it myself, and get each bundle I need such as APACHE, mySQL, etc.. And that would mean, not relying on XAMPP.
Anyways, it's a rather stupid flaw, but it is what it is, and it's free, so, you pay for what you get! :)
An alternative to the current answers: I found that installing in a folder with a dash also didn't seem to work for me. E.g. C:\xampp-test\ would still give an error. Changing it to C:\xampptest\ solved the issue.
I ran setup_xamp.bat once (w/o admin rights) and it did some configuration for XAMPP but that did not help. When I executed setup_xamp.bat again with admin rights, it gave a message "nothing to do!".
While looking at the Apache config I realized it is trying to listen on port 80 and I already had IIS listening on that port. Which was causing the problem.
So I changed httpd.conf to use a different port 8765 (change needed at 2 places)
Also changed httpd-ssl.conf to use a different port 8766 (change needed at 3 places)
Then in XAMPP Control panel > Config > Services and Port Settings > specified same port number for Apache.
Once that was done I was able to start Apache without any error.
I have been using EasyPHP-12.1 for some years now but, foolishly, tried to add a different version of PHP. (I had backed up the www files but not the whole installation). I added a new version (5.6.21) to the PHP folder, selected it in the admin but it didn't work. Now the server doesn't start. It comes up with the error:
Error in Apache configuration file: AH00526: Syntax error on line 185
of C:/Server/EasyPHP/apache/conf/httpd.conf: invalid command "PHPIniDir",
perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included
in the server configuration.
I would like to go back to the original PHP (5.4.6) or, at least, reinstall the program and copy the MySQL databases to the new installation. As I said, I have copies of all the working php pages - it's the databases that I am worried about losing.
I hope someone can get me up and running again.
I seemed to have managed to get it all working again. I found an earlier dated backup in the conf folder, renamed it and restarted. Phew!
(Made sure I am backing up all the databases and EasyPHP folder now.)
My dev team uses WAMP for the php/Mysql environment but i just learnt that uses MySQL 5.1 and MySQL is at 5.5 now. Can I get the mysql upgraded to 5.5 separately without any issue to make it work with WAMP or is there any patch for WAMP to get the latest mysql?
I want to ensure they work with the latest build of MySQL but i am not sure if it is as simple as download mySQL 5.5 and it gets auto-added to the WAMP server, or if there are compatible? I assume since WAMP never updated their MySQL something is not compatible?
Found this for you:
STEP1: (x represents a number)
Download the latest version of MySQL
first... Copy the new folder of
mysqlx.x to wamp\bin\mysql\ Check if
the folder of mysql and all database
files exist in mysqlx.x\data folder.
If the mysql folder doesn't exist,
copy it from a working previous
version of mysql.
Check if mysqlx.x\bin folder and all
executable files in it exist. Check if
the folder mysqlx.x\share exist. If
they don't exist, then the extraction
of the latest version of mysql isn't
done properly.
Check if mysqlx.x\my.ini file exist.
If it doesn't exist, copy the file
from the previous wokring version of
wamp mysql in wamp\bin\mysql\mysqlx.x
Open the file from the latest mysql
version, edit all occurrences of
"mysqlx.x" in that file to the
"mysqlx.x" as the latest version
number.
For example, if you see the line
"basedir=c:/wamp/bin/mysql/mysql4.1"
in my.ini file, then edit it to
"basedir=c:/wamp/bin/mysql/mysqlx.x"
as mysqlx.x is the lastest version
you've just downloaded. Normally there
are only two occurrences you need to
edit:
basedir=c:/wamp/bin/mysql/mysqlx.x and
datadir=c:'wamp/bin/mysql/mysqlx.x/data
STEP2:
Copy the wampserver.conf file in the
previous version of wamp mysqlx.x
folder to wamp\bin\mysql\mysqlx.x. You
would need to open it with notepad and
edit the line:
$mysqlConf['mysqlExeFile'] =
'mysqld-nt.exe'; to
$mysqlConf['mysqlExeFile'] =
'mysqld.exe';
Look at the mysqlx.x\bin directory and
find out if there is a mysqld.exe or
mysql-nt.exe file. If there is no
mysql-nt.exe file, then change that
line as mentioned.
STEP3:
Shutdown the wamp2 server (by right
click on wamp tray icon and click
exit). Then restart the wamp server.
Restart all services. You should see
the mysql newest version displayed in
wamp mysql menu. Just click on the
latest version to enable it, then you
have the newest mysql version running
with wamp server.
After doing all mention above. There is few more step, how to enable new MySQL.
Start WAMP.
Left click on WAMP tray.
Click MySQL->Version->your new MySQL version(mine is MySQL 5.7.9).
Click MySQL->Service->Install service.
Done!
Thanks to all for their help. I am detailing certain steps I took from editing registry onwards:
While editing registry
Replaced all occurrences of 5.0.45(my older version of mysql) pertaining to mysql with 5.5.28(My new version of mysql)
Replaced all occurrences of mysqld-nt.exe pertaining to mysql with mysqld.exe
When I started the wamp, the system didn't recognize the my.ini entry
default-character-set=latin1
The reason was that the entry was in [wampmysqld] section.
Then I created [sql] section and shifted the entry there.
I restarted wamp and MySQL started with new version.
My purpose is to setup a forum in php just locally on my Windows 7 machine to test how it works.
I have installed Apache HTTP Server and PHP v5 successfully. Then I downloaded and extracted the phpbb-forum software and put it in my root folder. Then I realized that I needed some kind of database so I downloaded and installed MySQL. To configure my database I also downloaded and extracted phpMyAdmin but I can't get it to work. When I open my browser and navigate to my phpMyAdmin-folder I simply get this:
Screenshot: http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/5139/captureqb.png
I use my Apache server to preview my website where I'm using some php include functions so I know that I've a "working" PHP installation. The MySQL service is also running on my computer.
However, do you need to configure PHP and/or Apache in order to get phpMyAdmin to work properly? I'm a complete noob on this so I suppose it may be multiple shortcomings.
Thank you.. //Realiserad
The simpler way is to install WAMP server : it bundle Apache, PHP, MySQL and PHPMyAdmin preconficurated for work together.
You need to enable the MySQL extension to use MySQL from PHP.
The MySQL extension may or may not be bundled with your PHP distribution. (look for php_mysql.dll in the ext folder)
Assuming it's installed you can enable it by adding or uncommenting this line in your php.ini:
extension=php_mysql.dll
As other people have said it may be simpler to install WAMP Server
Have a look at: http://www.ricocheting.com/how-to-install-on-windows/mysql - Specifically, the 3rd step. It involves downloading the mySQL PHP Extention (which is a dll), and un-commenting a line of php.ini so that PHP Load's the extension.
While is may be simpler to install XAMPP or WAMP, I think that it's good to know how to fix your own problems - Scientia potentia est :D
not very familiar with windows, but it seems like you miss the php-mysql extension, which you can download from here (i think):
http://mysql2.mirrors-r-us.net/downloads/connector/php/index.html
would be alot easier for you to use a preconfigured wamp install like this one (available for win/mac/etc). google "xampp", i'm not allowed to post more than one link due to stackoverflows spam protection.
Configure PHP to Access MySQL
Open the c:\php\php.ini file with your favorite text editor.
Uncomment the following lines by removing the semicolon:
extension=php_mysqli.dll
extension=php_mbstring.dll
extension=php_mcrypt.dll
save and exit editor
After extracting the archive into phpmyadmin folder, you will have to configure phpmyadmin before you can connect to sql server.
you should create a configuration file. This file can be created manually (simply use a text editor),
During your first session you will see an error message.
To solve this problem you should create folder (C:\project\wwwroot\phpmyadmin\config). After that give full rights for IIS_IUSRS group and IUSR user.granting permission/image
Return to the config window. Visit localhost/phpmyadmin/setup/
To configure the connection settings click on the “New Server” button.
Enter the verbose name of the SQL server, and then the server hostname. If necessary, you can specify other settings.[setting up/image][2]
Save the settings and then the server will redirect us to the previous page. Choose:
the default language – English
the default server – 127.0.0.1
end of the line – Windows (\ r \ n)
Click Save, and then download. The received file (config.inc.php) you should save to the root directory (C:\project\wwwroot\phpmyadmin).
Open the authorization window (//localhost/phpmyadmin/) and login under root account. If you see a starting phpMyAdmin window, you can delete config folder.
For the correct work phpMyAdmin requires a database with the information. The script for creating database is already installed.