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Posted by fdipganads
fdipganads
13,401 Points

Apache do not start on XAMPP on Mac - Help me

Hello, I am working with XAMPP on Mac and Apache do not start. I dont know what it could be. Any idea?

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13 Answers

Philip G
Philip G
14,600 Points
Philip G
Philip G
14,600 Points

Did you open it as an administrator? Can you post the log?

Patrick Zhang
Patrick Zhang
5,338 Points
Patrick Zhang
Patrick Zhang
5,338 Points

if you look closely: DocumentRoot "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs“ The closing quotation mark is not as the same as the opening quotation mark. You must have typed it when you modified your DocumentRoot folder.

Though this thread is solved, but it seems like you only re-installed it to made it work.

Philip G
Philip G
14,600 Points
Philip G
Philip G
14,600 Points

How did you start it? Over the Controlpanel?

fdipganads
fdipganads
13,401 Points
fdipganads
fdipganads
13,401 Points

I open XAMPP and they automatically start. When I click on Manage Servers they are running, they have the green button (but not Apache).

Logan R
Logan R
22,989 Points
Logan R
Logan R
22,989 Points

Do you have Skype open by chance?

fdipganads
fdipganads
13,401 Points

No

fdipganads
fdipganads
13,401 Points
fdipganads
fdipganads
13,401 Points

In the Application log I see this error: "AH00526: Syntax error on line 229 of /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/etc/httpd.conf: DocumentRoot must be a directory"

Logan R
Logan R
22,989 Points
Logan R
Logan R
22,989 Points

Have you touched any conf files since you have last started apache and it was working?

Philip G
Philip G
14,600 Points
Philip G
Philip G
14,600 Points

Please open the http.conf and check the DocumentRoot. If the Dir doesn't exist, please create it.

If this doesn't work post the path.

fdipganads
fdipganads
13,401 Points
fdipganads
fdipganads
13,401 Points

alt text In the httpd.conf file there is this root: DocumentRoot "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs“ <Directory "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs">

Should I change it? I only edit the Listen 80 with Listen 8080 but it didnt work.

fdipganads
fdipganads
13,401 Points
fdipganads
fdipganads
13,401 Points

Any idea what could be?

Philip G
Philip G
14,600 Points
Philip G
Philip G
14,600 Points

Type in the "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs" in the Finder. Does it exist?

fdipganads
fdipganads
13,401 Points
fdipganads
fdipganads
13,401 Points

I cant get there with the Mac Finder too. But the folder is there.

Logan R
Logan R
22,989 Points
Logan R
Logan R
22,989 Points

Do "cd /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs" in cmd and see if you can access the folder that way.

fdipganads
fdipganads
13,401 Points
fdipganads
fdipganads
13,401 Points

Yes, I can

fdipganads
fdipganads
13,401 Points
fdipganads
fdipganads
13,401 Points

I will delete it and install it again and see if it works.

Logan R
Logan R
22,989 Points
Logan R
Logan R
22,989 Points

Sweet, glad you got it working!