XAMPP the most common package which builds WAMP server on Windows. XAMPP contains Apache, PHP, MySQL, Tomcat, FileZilla and Mercury packages.
Although, one major problem came across XAMPP user [ Port 80 or 443 already in use ] and we are going to find the solution to the problem.
Although, one major problem came across XAMPP user [ Port 80 or 443 already in use ] and we are going to find the solution to the problem.
Reason behind the Problem [ Port 80 or 443 already in use ]
- The main reason behind the problem is that some system application is already running on the port 80 and thus apache is not able to configure the port.
- All applications such as MySQL, Tomcat will work flawlessly and only APACHE need to be reconfigured to work.
How to solve Port 80 or 443 already in use problem.
- Open XAMPP Control Panel and Click on Config at right corner in front of APACHE.
- Open [ Apache ( httpd.conf) ] from the drop down list of configs.
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| Open Apache config file |
- Now click ctrl+f to search in the file and search for [ Listen ] and change [ LISTEN 80 to LISTEN 1080 ]
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| xampp httpd.conf file port configure |
- Now Save file and start Apache again .
- Access your files via url [ localhost:1080/foldername/filename ] located at htdocs in C.