APache probs

[Mg2]

Hello...eh....i'm horrible....so i've spent last few days trying to get Apache running...and have no success...when i tell apache to start it gives me this message.......Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted. :make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80 no listening sockets available, shutting down , unable to open logs

thanks

[tsinka]

Hi,

make sure that no other webserver is running on port 80 (e.g. IIS if your OS is Windows). You can check if another service is using Port 80 by the command "netstat -an".

You can also define another ip/port by using e.g.

Listen ipaddress:8080

and/or

Port 8080.

Besides that check that the location to the log files points to an existing folder.

[Mg2]

woo hoo with a little help from a friend I downloaded PHPTriad 2.11 and got Apache running with MySQL also....i went thru lots of hurtles but have prevailed so far🙂 ....now from my understanding in order to run a php script....you open up notepad..type out some php i.e. <?php echo "hello world"; ?>

save that in htdocs with an extension .php...than open up IE and type http://localhost/file.php and "hello world" should appear....well it doesnt:eek: it just says Page cannot be displayed...but when i type in http://localhost ....they Apache banner comes up so i know something must be correct

thankyou

[tsinka]

Hi,

as default Notepad saves files with an unknown extension as .txt so it might be that the file has been saved as e.g. test.php.txt instead of test.php. If you enabled "Hide file extensions for known file types" in the folder settings the file would appear as .php but in fact it is .php.txt (just a suggestion, at least worth a deeper look) 🙂

[Mg2]

yea actually my friend mentioned that🙂 I think though i found the problem.....kinda embarassing......lol....well See i tried downloading several versions of Apache and several MySQL/PHP/APACHE packages....so i got confused and i believe i was running Apache from PHP Triad 2.11 and was saving my scripts in C:\Apache....... when i should have been saving them in C:\Owner\Start menu\Programs\PHPTriad....😃 but still i have problems:rolleyes: see in apache there were directories and i just explored till i found htdocs.....but now when i open PHPTriad there are absolutely NO directories😕

[Mg2]

btw how would i tell notepad to stop using the hidden exstension???

thankya

[tsinka]

I think you can get around that notepad problem by putting double quotes around the filename,e.g. typing "script.php" instead of script.php.

Can't test it now but it should work 🙂