Setting Up a WAMP Server
- Categories: Web Development Tutorials
- Author: Mike Maguire
- Comments: 124 responses
- Tags: apache, development, mysql, php, server, testing, wamp, windows
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This tutorial will walk you through setting up a WAMP Server using software that can be found on sourceforge for use. First, a little description is an order. A WAMP Server is a Windows Machine that has Apache, MySQL, and PHP on it (WAMP – Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP) To install these before you would have to get the installs and binaries and configure them yourself and set everything up which can be a tedious task as well as very time consuming. Now, thanks to sourceforge, you can get this functionality by simply installing an application. Once you are finished with this tutorial you will be able to follow our web-based tutorials without having a domain name and/or server. Let’s get started. First we need to download our software from wampserver.com.
Once on that site look for the above box to appear and click on Download WAMP Server 2.0
Save the file somewhere that you will be able to get to once it is finished completing. It is approximately 20 Megabytes, so depending on your connection, it may take a few minutes.
You should now see this icon wherever you chose to save the file. Double-click on it to start the installation.
Select to run the file if you are prompted to do so.
You will be prompted to not install this version over WAMP5 1.x. Click yes to continue with the installation.
This first install window simply welcomes you to the installer for this application. Click next to continue.
This window contains the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE that will allow you to use this software. Once you review this click the I Accepts radial button and click next to continue.
This box let’s you pick where you would like to install all of the files. You can change this if you like but if you do, bear in mind that you should put it in a folder that does not contain any spaces as some browsers/servers have issues handling spaces in file names. This is also where your web files will be stored under a directory called ‘www’. If you are unsure, leave this default.
This window will allow you to create the desktop icon and the quick launch icon to start the server by the click of a button.
This window just reviews all installation options. Verify the settings are correct and click next to start installing the application.
This is installing the software.
You will get the above prompt to configure FireFox as your default browser for the WAMP Server if you would like, otherwise it will use Internet Explorer.
This window will allow you to configure your server to forward any e-mail that your php creates to a proper server and e-mail account so that they will go to the right person once you are using it. If you don’t know these values or have the ability to use them, just leave them default.
This is the completion window. You have the ability to launch the server automatically after closing this window if you would like. Click Finish to start the application.
Once the server is running, you will see the above icon and the taskbar for the WAMP Server.
The above menu is what you will get if you simply left-click once on the tray icon.
Localhost – This option simply open the webpage that is stored in the home directory (which is “C:\wamp\www\index.php” by default). You can also get to this page by typing “localhost” in your web browser, or by typing 127.0.0.1 in your web browser.
phpMyAdmin – This option will launch phpmyadmin (which can also be launched by going to http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ in your web browser. phpMyAdmin is a tool to manage, query, select, and browse your MySQL databases. It is php based and relatively simple to use.
SQLSiteManager – This launches a tool to create and delete entire databases. You use this to create the databases and use phpmyadmin to manipulate the data in them. This can also be access from http://localhost/sqlitemanager/ in your web browser.
www Directory – this will open the folder where your sites files are stored. These are the files that are called when you go to localhost.
Apache – This area has the configuration settings for Apache and will allow you to make configuration that you need to make to this service.
PHP – This area has the configuration settings for PHP and will allow you to make configuration that you need to make to this service.
MySQL – This area has the configuration settings for MySQL and will allow you to make configuration that you need to make to this service.
Then you also have the options to control the services and take the server on and off line.
By default the server is set up with an index.php file that will show you the services that are started for the service. This file will also show you the projects that have started on your server based on the folders that are within the www folder. You do not have to keep this file if you do not wish to. You can delete it and make your own index.php that will be shown whenever you access localhost. There are many configurations that can be made to this server setup. Explore them and have fun. I hope this tutorial was easy to follow and thanks for reading.
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ayo on September 11, 2008 at 2:04 pm
thanks
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jefrey on September 12, 2008 at 4:43 am
why is that when we are installing the wamp server 2 our pc is shutting down and the installation is neglected? please answer my question.
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Reza on September 17, 2008 at 5:11 am
Hi,
Really it works well. I’m pleased about it. If it contains a complete text-pad(source code editor) then the result is entirely unique.
Reza, Bangladesh.
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wajahat on October 10, 2008 at 3:42 pm
i’d like to add one thing……. WAMP-Server Won’t Start if are Running “IIS”.
Stop the IIS, then WAMP Server Will Work Perfectly
Open “Command Promt”, Type: iisreset/stop
That is: iisreset /stop PRESS Enter.
You’re Done.
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candy on January 23, 2009 at 12:18 pm
it helps us. so much!!!!! as in super duper much. like munchkins..hahahaha!!!!
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timi on February 6, 2009 at 7:22 am
new to the whole wamp thing, can someone please send a sample data-base communication tutorial, using wamp to me please, it’ll really be a great deal to me. thanks
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inko on February 24, 2009 at 5:02 am
I have wampserver 2 installed on my computer. But when I open localhost in my firefox browser, it says “Denied…..” I already do some tricks like on Peter Orlogas site but it didnt work.
can anybody help me through these?
inko
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Dzidzo on March 29, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Ok im total newbie to this, and i did everything said there…so now the question is how to connect my own domain with wamp and so people will be able to acces my website?
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Mike Maguire on March 29, 2009 at 7:25 pm
You need to use your router and forward all traffic that comes in on port 80 to go to your computer that you are running the WAMP server on.
This tutorial will show you how to set up port forwarding on your router. It is down about 1/3 of the way through the tutorial.
Any questions, let me know. Thanks.
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adrian on March 30, 2009 at 9:11 am
why it cannot work when an IIS is intalled?, should i uninstall IIS?
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John Ward on March 30, 2009 at 10:24 pm
I don’t see why you would need IIS and Apache to be running at the same time?
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Handoko on April 8, 2009 at 2:06 am
Just set the port in file php.ini to another port, say 8888.
Your server will have 2 web servers IIS with port 80 and Apache with port 8888
To accesss for apache you need to use http://www.domain.com:8888
cheers
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Mojo on April 8, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Wicked !!!!!!!!
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Susan on May 6, 2009 at 7:52 am
Hi…i installed wamp 2.0 and everything. I put the server online and stuff but that icon in the system tray is showing that red piece. What am i doing wrong?
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Thomas on May 8, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Hi, have installed WAMP server on my laptop, but when i try connecting through WAMP5 server localhost the internet explorer would display an error massage. what should i do?
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John Ward on May 8, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Thomas are you connecting to http://localhost? Have you started wamp and verified that everything is online?
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max on May 9, 2009 at 7:47 pm
i have the same problem. after wamp is online, http://localhost does not display
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giggles Reply:
April 19th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
try checking your skype port by:
1) exit wampp
2)open skype
3)go to Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Connections
4)Uncheck the checkbox “use port 80 and 443 as alternative for incoming connections.
5) open skype
6) start wampp
7) try opening localhost
=))
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luke Reply:
April 27th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
worked a treat, thanks!
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max on May 9, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Wait. if localhost command does not work, try 127.0.0.1 in the browser. that may work when typing in localhost does not
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John Ward on May 9, 2009 at 9:58 pm
if 127.0.0.1 works and localhost doesn’t it sounds like you do not have an entry for localhost in your host file.
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Ray H Reply:
July 3rd, 2010 at 7:23 am
Hi John, can you help please. Windows 7 64bit. The wamp sys icon is red, black and white and does not respond to click, right click or swearing. The icon is as dead as the proverbial parrot. The tool tip message reads. None of 2 services running. IIS is off and I’ve also run iisreset/stop as well, rebooted, done a dance, shouted, swore, bought flowers, spoke nicely; Nothing! No response, Wamp is dead and I am planning a funeral unless you know of a way to revive it please. (I notice that others have the same problem but I can’t find an answer from anyone).
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Mike Maguire Reply:
July 3rd, 2010 at 9:14 am
If the sys icon is not responding it sounds like something may have gone corrupt and funeral may be the way to go. Un-install the one you have completely and start from scratch.
If that doesn’t fix the issue, you must have something on your machine that is conflicting with the services and it becomes a trial and error troubleshooting process by disabling things and re-trying until you figure out what is causing the issue.
It could also be an issue with the install not completing successfully. I run Win 7 64 Bit on my computer currently and it runs fine, so I know it isn’t an issue with Win 7 or 64-bit. Let us know what you come up with or you have any other questions.
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RayH Reply:
July 3rd, 2010 at 5:04 pm
Hi John. Thanks. Yes I had reinstalled a number of time. Aslo. redownloaded wamp a number of times too in case it was a corrupt copy. It does work in XP virtual, but my problem is i need to edit a few ini files which for my purposes must be done with admin rights which I cant get through the virtual mode because it has passwords ‘configured’ which I never set up and therefore can’t access them – blanks don’t work. In W7 I can get around that of course, so I must get it working. As to conflicts, I can’t think what because this set up is the same as my previous XP set and there were no conflicts there. I have read around the web that my problem is very common, more common it seems than users who are able to get Wamp working on W7! Of course those I have communicated with have completely different programmes installed, there seems to be no common denominator. I use adobe suite, Visual studio, a few graphic programmes and office, that is it. So I’ve no idea!. If a boffin can help please do!
jules on May 13, 2009 at 10:42 pm
hi , good day, i have installed wamp server on my pc, i got problem with MySQL, it’s looking for password in order to access it. How can i change the default password, can you help me to have some work around here.
thanks.
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Mike Maguire on May 14, 2009 at 1:51 am
It should just be a username of root and a blank password. That is what got me into mine.
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ankush on May 21, 2009 at 3:08 am
guys,
i am trying to connect to wamp using hostname as :localhost & username :root with a blank password,but it ain’t allowing me ..saying..:network error :connection refused. any help?
i am trying to conncet via WinSCP
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J.R. on May 21, 2009 at 6:26 pm
with wampserver says i cant publish to it no fp server extions, how do i place then on this program in order to use frontpage 2000
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Ali on May 21, 2009 at 11:16 pm
I just want to thank you for the following post which fix my issue:
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wajahat said,
on October 10th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
i’d like to add one thing……. WAMP-Server Won’t Start if are Running “IIS”.
Stop the IIS, then WAMP Server Will Work Perfectly
Open “Command Promt”, Type: iisreset/stop
That is: iisreset /stop PRESS Enter.
You’re Done.
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Gordon on June 22, 2009 at 3:04 pm
WAMP server installed on XP with no error messages, but will not run.
localhost gets connection error
http://localhost/ brings up Bing
iisreset/stop returns (is not recognized as an internal or external command)
What should I try next?
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ramx on June 26, 2009 at 11:37 pm
now i have wampserver how can they access the mysql database
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apple on July 8, 2009 at 10:26 am
hey im new in this wampserver thing. were could i upload my files? im just running it on my pc..no internet yet..help me!!
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sam on July 15, 2009 at 9:28 pm
hi i made a maplestory private sever but when i put the wamp online and start up all the service it turns white and then yellow i use the mysql
i have an aol blackcash123@aim.com please help me
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Usb 3.0 on July 22, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Thank you very much for your useful tutorial
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JOEPEPE on August 5, 2009 at 10:38 pm
a lot of things can learned this site.!!
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kel on August 11, 2009 at 9:40 pm
i click localhost or 127 also cannot displa localhost
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Libin on August 20, 2009 at 12:06 am
I have installed wampserver2.0 but when i open the localhost in browser its shows an error ie unable to connect when just like the error when the cable is unplugged.Please help me to fix this
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shankar on August 28, 2009 at 8:05 am
I installed wampserver2.0 i can able to run localhost but nothing is shown in localhost webpage. When i opened phpmyadmin it also shows a blank page.I don’t know how to rectify it. Can anybody help me for this?
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Romizzi on September 1, 2009 at 4:04 pm
All installed, http://localhost/ brings up a page that says cannot find server.
Any ideas, I’ve read above but no one seems to have really answered this.
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Mike Maguire Reply:
September 5th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
what if you goto 127.0.0.1 instead? Sometime there is an issue with your hosts file which prevents localhost from redirecting to the right place.
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CJ on September 4, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Hi, I’m having a problem with *WAMPSERVER*, I’v installed it and that, and i click the icon and press ‘Put Online’ and i get a message saying ”Aestan Tray Menu: Could not execute menu item (internal error) [Exception] Could not perform service action: The service has not been started.”
Please contact me via familycores@fsmail.net (Spam email will be put in Junk Folder, and if you are contacting me about this please put //lh164-wampserver/answer as the subject . Thank you)
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Mike Maguire Reply:
September 5th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
That error usually means that you are running one of the following applications: IIS, Skype, Zone Alarm, NOD32, Eset, Internet Optimizer, Google Accelerator, any other database server, any other webserver?
Check these and if you are try it without them running. You CAN use these apps at the same time, you will just need to configure them to use a different port.
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s1h4d0w Reply:
May 22nd, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Another program to add to that list is TeamViewer.
I couldn’t get it working either.
Then noticed that some websites I blocked in my hosts file (some annoying pop-ups on certain websites that caused my system to slow down) displayed the message “This site is running TeamViewer”.
Killed it, and it worked.
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nuno on September 10, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Anyone have a manual or a tutorial of wamp.
From the basic to …
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jan on September 12, 2009 at 5:40 am
need help guys, im having problems in configuring wampserver my php doesn’t work. i click 5.3.0 version of my php in wampserver quick admin and this message pops up ” could not execute menu item(internal error)
[EAccessViolation] Access violation at address 0043AC36 in module
‘wampmanager.exe’. read of address 00000008
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Umair on September 14, 2009 at 2:06 pm
well, thanks God! my problem is solved by this comment:
wajahat said,
on October 10th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
i’d like to add one thing……. WAMP-Server Won’t Start if are Running “IIS”.
Stop the IIS, then WAMP Server Will Work Perfectly
Open “Command Promt”, Type: iisreset/stop
That is: iisreset /stop PRESS Enter.
You’re Done.
&&& let me (Umair) add one more thing..
– simply click on wampserver icon on right bottom of the screen and then click on “Restart all services”.
&&& Thank you Wajahat…
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Elias V Tipacamu on November 2, 2009 at 12:49 am
I had the sam trouble of error at localhost, Thanks to Mike Maguire, my Skype was causing troubles in my service,
Thanks a lot for your comment Mike,
Elias V. Tipacamu
Mexico
Mike Maguire said,
on September 5th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
That error usually means that you are running one of the following applications: IIS, Skype, Zone Alarm, NOD32, Eset, Internet Optimizer, Google Accelerator, any other database server, any other webserver?
Check these and if you are try it without them running. You CAN use these apps at the same time, you will just need to configure them to use a different port.
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Jesper on November 5, 2009 at 1:31 pm
had the same prob. with skype!
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php-er on November 6, 2009 at 7:39 pm
thanx, i am new to php and this was absolutely helpful!
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eadie on November 13, 2009 at 1:23 pm
OK, comment re: Skype helped, but how do I configure them so I can use both (i.e., how, and to what port(s), should I adjust the programs? Thanks!
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Mike on November 14, 2009 at 10:50 am
Problem with skype? exit the skype first and then start the Wamp and run again the skype.. thats what i do..
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Lewis on November 20, 2009 at 6:52 am
can anybody please show me how to remove my wamp completely and reinstall again without those error
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ace on November 24, 2009 at 10:45 am
how could i turn off the display errors in wamp server?
please help me
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eadie on November 25, 2009 at 11:59 am
ace,
Do you mean the display errors in php? You do that in php.ini, but it is easier (and safer) to change that through wampserver. Open Wampserver, click on the wampserver icon in the task bar (the white half-circle). Go to PHP->PHP Settings->Display Errors.
Hope that helps.
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sbmongoos on November 27, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Thanks. Really helped. Working with PHP.
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mak on December 22, 2009 at 8:50 pm
this tutorial is totally useless…
even they didnt mention how to configure mysql and all…
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rao on January 5, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Hi
Installed wampserver local host works fine,but when trying to connect from outside computer its not connecting says no privelages .port forwarded to 80 on router .please help.
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Naraa on January 7, 2010 at 10:25 pm
After installed it is not working. i start all service but “Wamp5-server Offline. Please help me.
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jayaraj on January 8, 2010 at 6:44 am
I installed wamp server in my system and now the browser asks me username and password when i entered http://localhost... what should be the username and password
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chandan on January 11, 2010 at 5:48 pm
i using wamp at port 8080. I m able to open localhost:8080 and localhost:8080\sqlitemanage but when i try to phpmyadmin fine blank.
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manzoor on January 23, 2010 at 3:23 pm
what abot cpanel
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perfectwamp on January 31, 2010 at 12:06 am
installed wampserver on windows xp machine. the icon appears in the quick launch bar. but hwen i click on the icon, nothing happens. can someone tell me what to do?
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Thabiso on February 4, 2010 at 5:24 am
I have installed WAMPSERVER 2.0. When I try to test the Localhost server feature it is comes with the “Authentication Required” for username and password for the http://localhost. I have installed it on Win XP, have made fIrefox a default browser / desabled firewall and don’t know what to do else. cause iu don’t have these login detail. I have tried all my login deatil and so forth. Please help
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juan on February 6, 2010 at 10:22 pm
hello, i just installed WAMP and tried to run a simple .php script but i can only see the html code, i can not put WAMP online. pls help, once I get this first out of the way i will be OK ..i hope
thanks
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Deshna on February 18, 2010 at 6:44 am
Hello !!
i just installed WAMP Server 2.0 . When i tried to run Localhost a message is displayed… “This site is running TeamViewer.” . Please do help in setting up the reqiured.
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Mike Maguire Reply:
February 22nd, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Deshna,
Team Viewer is a Remote Access tool that has a web interface. That means that it is listening for connections on port 80 which is the port that WAMP will try to initialize. Try disabling Team Viewer or changing the port that it operates on. You might be able to turn off the web client as well. This should resolve your issue.
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Mori on February 22, 2010 at 6:09 am
hello friends i have problem wamp in windows server 2008
i think i install sharepoint then apache dont online?
what i doing?please help me
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Allan on February 23, 2010 at 3:09 am
Why is it that I cannot click on the WAMP icon in the systray? I’m using Vista x64… thanks for the help!
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Allan on February 23, 2010 at 3:10 am
It’s on an HP Pavilion dv6985se machine… It only says all services running, but the server is offline… how do I put it online? Thanks again!
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John Ward on February 25, 2010 at 9:20 pm
Right click on the tray icon and select “Put Server Online”. I have used WAMP on XP, Vista 64 and Windows 7 64bit without problems.
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alausa mustapha on February 26, 2010 at 4:28 am
please i am a lamer lol that is wot my friend use to call me because he is a programmer and i have been trying hard but i need help please HELP ME
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Trao on February 26, 2010 at 9:44 pm
hi, i’m using wamp server. I want to configure this server to browse in local network, how can i do?
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Mike Maguire Reply:
February 26th, 2010 at 9:46 pm
You should just be able to go to the IP address of the computer that has the WAMP server running in any browser and as long as the WAMP server is running an on-line, you shuold get the pages just as you would through a domain name.
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Akhilesh Mishra on March 11, 2010 at 4:13 am
Dear,
in my pc there is an previous installation of mysql server. in that case wamp server is not showing its mysql page kindly help me what to do because i cant not uninstall the mysql because some application softwares on my pc are depend on it.
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shailendra on March 17, 2010 at 3:57 am
hi i have installed wamp server on my pc.
but i m unable to open a phpmyadmin in localhost
pls help me
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Bryan on March 24, 2010 at 3:31 pm
I complete a course in PHP and MySQL using WAMP 2. All went well during the course… no problems.
Since then I upgraded myu XP to Windows 7.
So, I had to download WAMP again. This time all looked good… ie. the icon in the service tray is all white.
BUT
When I submit a siimple little program to display <?php code nothing appears other than standard HTML…
For the life of me I can not figure out what is wrong…
Here is the program.
This is the first PHP coding section
<?php
echo "This is PHP code\n;
?>
This is the second PHP coding section
<?php
echo "This is more PHP code\n”;
?>
The Output
This is the first PHP coding section
This is the second PHP coding section
Can anyone help?
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Larpa on March 29, 2010 at 9:06 pm
***************** PROBLEMS IN LOOKING USERNAME and PASSWORD FOR WAMPSERVER2.0 *********************
To solve it :
****First :****
go to run
type “services.msc”
look for the “IIS Admin”
right click then click STOP..
*****Second Way :*****
uninstall wampserver2.0 (if its already in your pc)
then go to run
type “services.msc”
look for the “IIS Admin”
right click then click STOP..
intsall wampserver…
note : just make sure that the IIS Admin is Stop (^_^)
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PHPHelpNeeded Reply:
April 13th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
How do I restart IIS after I STOP it? I’m setting it up at work. Will I cause any problem if I stop IIS?
Or how to set the port 80 to different port so I don’t need to STOP IIS?
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Saurabh on April 1, 2010 at 12:00 am
i have installed the wampserver2 i on my system. but whenever i try to access the localhost my browser asks me for the authentication.what should i do now.
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Saurabh on April 1, 2010 at 12:02 am
i have installed the wampserver2 i on my system. but whenever i try to access the localhost my browser asks me for the authentication.what should i do now.reply me soon..and please send me the info by which i can make my own website…
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sharma on April 11, 2010 at 11:43 pm
After reinstalling the WAMP 2.0, I am unable to load the database which was already worked.
How ? Pl Help..
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Sandman on April 18, 2010 at 6:57 pm
New to this:
Installed and running can connect to PHPProxy locally and remotely. I cannot connect to “http://localhost/sqlitemanager/” , Nor does SQLliteManager appear in Systray Menu? Any ideas? Thanks
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Searcher1ca on April 27, 2010 at 6:10 am
installed wamps and got my home web site up and running, however lately within the last few days i noticed that the Wamps seems to go into some sort of sleep mode if there is no activity and a reboot is required to start it up again. Is there no way it will stay running all night while i sleep. I go to bed and its working fine, i can access the site and the meter is all white. I come back in the morning and check the site and it says “cannot display the web page” I try other web sites to see if there is a problem with my router or computer but i can access everything else. I click refresh on the wamp meter and still no response. I shut the wamps server down and then on again and the meter shows yellow halfway across and refuses to give me the web site. Finally i reboot the computer and all comes back to normal. Is it not ment to run unattended or do i need to tweak something. The power settings on my computer are set to never go into sleep mode. Thanky you for your help
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sachidanand panday on May 21, 2010 at 10:10 am
wher we save the my sql file in wamp server
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Beverly on May 24, 2010 at 1:03 am
thanks much
it really works
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Guy on May 24, 2010 at 6:27 am
thank nice guide but i still occurring problem, i dont know why?
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faizel on May 29, 2010 at 3:29 am
I’ve setup wampserver on my local drive and built a wordpress website. Working well, but when i move it to the host server, i get “Unable to open WampServer’s config file, please change path in index.php file”.
Have no idea how to fix
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Dina on June 2, 2010 at 7:18 am
Hi
I have aproblem , the wampserver doesn’t work , I am working on PC and have windows server 2003 on it .
can’t I use your server without colsing the other server.
Best Regards
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bandara on June 10, 2010 at 3:10 am
i want lorning wamp saver web data base programing
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Michele on June 10, 2010 at 1:35 pm
Can someone please list some reasons as to why once WAMP is installed, and your start all services, and you type in http://localhost or 127.0.0.1 it does NOT load the index.php page within the www folder? It wont even load a basic html file. I am pretty familiar with other servers, but this is my first time using WAMP. I also made sure localhost was listed in the windows hosts files. What do you want to set in your firewall for wamp? A list of ideas would be VERY helpful to those reading this blog.
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Bill on June 10, 2010 at 10:26 pm
when I goto the local host and try clicking phpmyadmin I get this error:
Error
MySQL said:
#1045 – Access denied for user ‘root’@'localhost’ (using password: NO)
phpMyAdmin tried to connect to the MySQL server, and the server rejected the connection. You should check the host, username and password in your configuration and make sure that they correspond to the information given by the administrator of the MySQL server.
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Michael on June 11, 2010 at 5:34 am
Hi, I have successfully re-installed the latest version of WAMP. However I get a blank page when trying to access http://localhost/phpmyadmin
Also when I try and access http://localhost/sqlitemanager/ I get the following error:Forbidden You don’t have permission to access /sqlitemanager/ on this server.(This is a 403 Forbidden error)Help Please Thank You
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John Ward Reply:
June 18th, 2010 at 8:23 am
You should be able to load phpmyadmin, but I’m don’t believe WAMP comes with SQLite. I could be wrong, but I do know what the M in WAMP stands for MySQL.
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shyam on June 13, 2010 at 11:46 pm
i got a problem in wamp. i installed it on windows 2003 server. i unistalled the iis, in every day that i have to add same database to the wamp because database is auto delete every day.
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sg on June 15, 2010 at 2:47 am
http://apachetechnology.net/knowledgecentre_sql.aspx
Please check this link. The setup process is nicely mentioned
Regards
SG
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Nyariwo Joel Okoth on June 15, 2010 at 4:26 am
I have designed my web pages in Microsoft office publisher and I want to use wamp as my web server.How do I integrate the web pages into my web server?
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John Ward Reply:
June 18th, 2010 at 8:11 am
I don’t have experience with office publisher. To be honest if it is a Microsoft Product you will probably have to run IIS since it will include some proprietary crap that Microsoft wrote. You can still get Microsoft Extenstions to work on apache, but I don’t have much experience with that. If your website doesn’t use any Microsoft specific server side components then you just need to make sure you are putting the files in your wamp directory, which is usually C:/wamp/public_html I believe.
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hmco on June 18, 2010 at 12:35 am
I have an erre:
When i run WAMP server, It is not working.
No IIS installed and Internet is also connected. I want to know the options how to run WAMP server also with internet browsing
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John Ward Reply:
June 18th, 2010 at 8:06 am
Does it work from the local machine: http://localhost or http://127.0.0.1
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dhananjay on June 24, 2010 at 2:26 pm
below statement is nt wrkng in my programe…
if($session->logged_in)
“->”….sign is nt wrkng….
i nd suggestions!
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Mike Maguire Reply:
June 24th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
The “->” should only be used when calling a function from a class object or when calling the $this reference (to access members of the current class).
In order for your code to work, your $session variable would have to be a object built from a class: $session=new class();
Then, logged_in would have to be a function in that class. Is this the case with your code?
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kamal on July 1, 2010 at 1:16 am
i have already installed wampserver 2 on my laptop with windows vista, the localhost it’s running well, but i can running my php scrip. can u tell me what is the problem? or i need to setting a part of wampserver before? thanks a lot.
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Hori Kai on July 2, 2010 at 5:31 am
Hi there
I have wamperserver 2.0 version installed on my computer. I have XP oerating system. But the localhost comes up blank. Even typed in 27.0.0 and typed localhost but no response. Are these valid websites of 27.0.0 and localhost to appear?
Were all these connectios like SQL and Php suppose to work or what??
I did not understand what you meant by LOCALHOST?
Another thing I tried was a connection. But it FAILED??
Please tell what I have done wrong?
Thanks
Hori
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Mike Maguire Reply:
July 3rd, 2010 at 9:21 am
localhost and 127.0.0.1 are synonyms. They mean the exact same thing. However, if you don’t have a record for localhost in your hosts file, then it wont work. 127.0.0.1 should work either way though and is the failsafe. If you goto that IP in the browser of your choice and you don’t get anything, then the server is not running or not listening to port 80.
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sam on July 3, 2010 at 11:55 am
ive installed wamp server2.0 in my windows7. but when go to phpMyadmin
it dosent open the database page it gives a blank page pls help
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prince eebrahym on July 4, 2010 at 4:51 am
hi,
ive installed wamp server2.0 in my windows7 and everything is perfectly working but i think i’m seriously in need of tutorial or ebook that can take me through certain features cos i’m still a novice user. thanks
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ASIF IQBAL on July 5, 2010 at 8:03 am
Please help me in setting up phpMyAdmin i need user name and password what i will do in local host my default browser is Mozilla fire fox what i will do
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parvathi Reply:
July 18th, 2010 at 1:59 am
s even i have the same problem just help me out..
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Alex Muad on July 6, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Hi, I have been using WAMP5 without problems for some time, yesterday I installed SQL Server 2008 and now WAMP wont start.
For example, the SQL Lite Manager shows me a “HTTP 404 Not found”.
Any idea how to roll back this one? I haven’t backed up my DB and I would lose like a week worth of data
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param on July 7, 2010 at 7:33 am
I have completed installation,but WAMP does not start when clicking in its icon, a message box appears having php icon it says”CLI has stopped working”.
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ganesh on July 11, 2010 at 10:22 am
I want tutorial for config wamp server in my domain space and how to setup index.html as the home page for my website in wamp server…
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Dharmesh on July 11, 2010 at 1:52 pm
thanks for sharing I was stuck with this!!
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Raj on July 13, 2010 at 12:33 am
after starting the wamp server if i click the put online in wamp server, it wont change to online… it remains off line only why?
wats the problem…
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parvathi on July 18, 2010 at 1:57 am
hello friends after installing the wamp server i have checked with the http:// localhost or 127.0.0,1
and even that skype some work even then when i type http://localhost it just says as http:// localhost and not that problem loading command… please guys help me out
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Richie on July 22, 2010 at 9:13 am
I’m running IIS for the main site, but I want to add functionality which is more easily accomplished using WAMP. So, I turned off socket pooling, added another ip address, assiged the original ip to the IIS site, then installed WAMP. While the Apache service installed (and port 80 indicates that it isn’t used), the service won’t start. it says “Aestan Tray Menu Could not execute menu item (internal error) [exception] could not execute run action: the system cannot find the file specified” I’ve checked the error log, which is blank. I’ve verified that the httpd.exe files is where it’s supposed to be…I’m stumped. Any ideas?
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Richie Reply:
July 22nd, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Answered my own question. I had added the new ip, then tried the port option without first undoing the ip. Once I removed the ip, the port change fell into line.
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Raju on July 29, 2010 at 1:55 am
Hi, have installed WAMP server on my dsktop, but when i try connecting through WampServer2.0i server localhost the internet explorer would display an error massage.
what should i do?
i did this one also” Uncheck the checkbox use port 80 and 443 as alternative for incoming connections.” in skype.
Thanks in advance.
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Raju Reply:
July 29th, 2010 at 6:54 am
i got the solution
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