XAMPP Apache Webserver localhost not working on MAC OS

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I install XAMPP server on MAC OS 10 6 it was working fine  After a lot of days I checked it  but not working this time  localhost not opening this time   after some R amp D I reinstall XAMPP server after uninstall  When I start the apache after reinstall it giving port 80 running a another webserver Then I restart system  then apache start ok  but same local host not working  Then I check Web Sharing in my System Preference then it was already Tuned Off      Please anybody tell me where I am wrong

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Run xampp services by command line

To start apache service

sudo /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/apachectl start

To start mysql service

sudo /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/mysql.server start

Both commands are working like charm :)

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I had success with easy killing all active httpd processes in Monitor Activity tool   1  close XAMPP control   2  open Monitor Activity   3  select filter for All processes  default is My processes   4  in fulltext search type  httpd   5  kill all showen items   6  relaunch XAMPP control and launch apache again

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This is because in Mac OS X there is already Apache pre-installed  So what you can do is to change the listening port of one of the Apaches  either the Apache that you installed with XAMPP or the pre-installed one   To change the listening port for XAMPP s Apache  go to  Applications XAMPP xamppfiles etc and edit httpd conf  Change the line  Listen 80   80 is the listening port  to other port  eg   Listen 1234    Or   To change the one for pre-installed Apache  go to  etc apache2  You can do the same thing with file httpd conf there   After changing you might need to restart your Mac  just to make sure

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Same thing as mine on OS X Mavericks   After a couple of trials by error while changing Apache configuration  I got weird output on localhost xampp  Thought PHP engine was messed up  However  127 0 0 1 xampp is working completely okay   Finally  I cleaned up the browser cache and reload the page again and Voila    Resolved on Firefox

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I had to disable OSX s built-in Apache server  XAMPP support thread    sudo launchctl unload -w  System Library LaunchDaemons org apache httpd plist   This allowed XAMPP to start on 80  while POW runs on 20559   What had failed  I reconfigured  etc apache2 httpd conf to listen on an alternate port and rebooted OSX  No luck

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This solution worked perfectly fine for me    1  close XAMPP control  2  Open Activity Monitor Launchpad- Other- Activity Monitor   3  select filter for All processes  default is My processes   4  in fulltext search type  httpd  5  kill all httpd items  6  relaunch XAMPP control and launch apache again  Hurray

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try   sudo  Applications XAMPP xamppfiles bin apachectl start   in terminal

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To be able to do this  you will have to stop apache from your terminal    sudo apachectl stop   After you ve done this  your apache server will be be up and running again   Hope this helps

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Found out how to make it work   I just moved apache2  the Web Sharing folder  to my desktop    go to terminal and type  mv  etc apache2   Users hseungun Desktop  actually it says you need authority so type this  sudo -s  then it ll go to bash-3 2 passwd root set your password and then  mv  etc apache2   Users hseungun Desktop  try turning on the web sharing  and then start xampp on mac

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If you are also running skype at the same time  It will give you error        port 80 running a another webserver   First close skype and restart your apache it will work fine

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I was having this exact problem  the above solutions didn t make much sense to me    My Solution   Turn of Bluetooth  Worked a treat      After connecting my macbook pro to iphone5  hotspot  I started getting error message  after turning of bluetooth the error message is gone   Hope that helps somebody

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In my case  Web Sharing was running  which blocked XAMPP      Untick  Web Sharing in the Bluetooth Settings  or Network   which causes HTTPD to show in activity log    Apache should now run and be available

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I had similar issue after integrating MongoDB into XAMPP  However executing the command  sudo apachectl stop  fixed the problem

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This is what helped me   sudo apachectl stop   This command killed Apache server that was pre-installed on MAC OS X

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