WP doesn’t work after XAMMP version upgrade

  • Folks,

    I’ve been successfully using XAMMP and WP for a year or so now with no problem on ports 81 (Apache) and 3307 (MYSQL). A few days ago, I decided to update XAMMP as it was several versions out of date. I diligently followed the instructions online (XAMMP upgrade is not trivial) by backing up my db, the htdocs folder, etc, etc. I got no error messages on install. I then changed all my ports in the appropriate config files and restored both my db and the htdocs folder.

    when I go to localhost:81, it just says “waiting for localhost:81” in the browser status bar. both apache and mysql are successfully started and show green in the XAMMP control panel. also, I can access the WP database in both HeidiSQL and Workbench and PHPMYAdmin (from XAMMP control panel).

    can anyone give me some guidance on how to diagnose what the problem is??

    thank you

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  • Thread Starter wingfield65

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    Jackie,

    for some reason, it’s not letting me paste the xml file into a message :<)

    David

    Thread Starter wingfield65

    (@wingfield65)

    let’s try it with a dropbox link instead.

    https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1u9u8vijtl8nozv/AACEmXnJcSxKcMDbu1I0z_kIa?dl=0

    • This reply was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by wingfield65.
    Thread Starter wingfield65

    (@wingfield65)

    Hello Jackie,

    looks like gibberish to me; but here’s my event log.
    ============================================================

    [moderator note – please do not paste that much code here. i set up a Pastebin for you, please do so yourself in the future]

    • This reply was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by stephencottontail.
    • This reply was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by stephencottontail. Reason: redacted way too much code

    Yeah, sorry, stephencottontail, I only wanted *1* error lol. It would’ve been enough to tell me what I needed to know. O, well. Ahem–sorry–I should’ve instructed him better. I just wasn’t quite expecting that. :blush:. Thanks for helping him. I got his dropboxed log.

    David, do you perchance have a MySQL program installed? If so, please check to insure you don’t have any data there & then try removing the program. Reboot & see if your localhost doesn’t work, please.

    Thread Starter wingfield65

    (@wingfield65)

    Hello Jackie,

    apologies for all the code. not familiar with pastebin; but assume it’s like dropbox.

    for clarity, you’re asking me to uninstall another program on my machine that uses mysql. the other program is one I use with some regularity and was installed prior to this issue starting. I realize it’s a diagnostic step and I can reinstall it after depending on what we learn; but this is a fairly big step. also, the reason I’m running (was running :<) wordpress on 81 and 3307 was to avoid conflicts with this other application I have on my machine.

    did all my code yield any hints??

    any other thoughts before I do this??

    Hi, David. Please go to your Windows (as opposed to your Xampp) control panel. Then go to ‘Administrative Tools’. There you’ll see a listing called ‘Services’. Please double-click that. In the list of services, please see if you find a listing called MySql or perhaps just SQL. If the startup type is automatic, then please change it to ‘manual’ or ‘disabled’. You can re-enable it again prior to starting the other program. I rather suggest ‘disabled’ at first, but if that works, you can then try ‘manual’ to see if it will actually start up when your other program is running but will remain disabled when you’re using Xampp. Clearly that would be the best solution.

    Another solution to this might be to rename Xampp’s MySQL to something like MariaDB, as the problem may actually result from 2 programs of the same name running at 1 time, but I’m not certain that’ll work.

    Thread Starter wingfield65

    (@wingfield65)

    Hello Jackie,

    I’ve disabled MYSQL in the services. there was only one running. this doesn’t fix it. I am wondering if MYSQL is disabled, then how would WP run in the first place. I’d think it needs MYSQL to connect to the db.

    >> Another solution to this might be to rename Xampp’s MySQL to something like MariaDB
    not sure I understand the guidance here.

    I am getting to the point though that I’m about to reinstall and try running it without changing the ports. I’d have to resolve the port conflict with my other program; but perhaps this would diagnostically eliminate an issue. if it still doesn’t work; then the issue is not my having changed the ports.

    thougths?

    David, the problem is you’ve got 2 programs named MySQL on the system–1 from your other program & 1 from Xampp. So–yes–while WordPress does need MySQL to run, it doesn’t need, & indeed cannot work, w/2 instances of MySQL. Thus my rationale for renaming Xampp’s version to something like mariadb.

    Please:
    1) Let us see your my.ini file. Please enclose the entries in .
    2) Let us view your netstat from Xampp again now that you’ve disabled MySQL (& I assume rebooted?).

    Thread Starter wingfield65

    (@wingfield65)

    oops, let me put in dropbox. not sure how long is appropriate; but the netstat looks reasonably long. same dropbox folder as before. the my.ini files are there as well.

    • This reply was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by wingfield65.
    • This reply was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by wingfield65.
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