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PHP

Alexander Nortung
Alexander Nortung
6,930 Points
Posted by Alexander Nortung
Alexander Nortung
6,930 Points

Apache local inviroment, ports blocked

Hi, i tried installing xampp for windows because i wanted to work locally with php apparrently there is a problem, it says that port 80 is blocked. wheni am looking into netstat i see that System with PID 4 is using this port and i don't understand why

i tried googling this but without luck hope someone can help :)

19:54:56 [Apache] Problem detected! 19:54:56 [Apache] Port 80 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 4! 19:54:56 [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free! 19:54:56 [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application 19:54:56 [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port

2 Answers

Rafael Capati
Rafael Capati
10,725 Points

Hi, you can try to stop the IIS (Internet Information Services).

To stop the service, open a cmd as admin and type this command:

net stop WAS

If that does not work, change xampp settings to use a different port, like 8080.

Alexander Nortung
Alexander Nortung
6,930 Points
Alexander Nortung
Alexander Nortung
6,930 Points

thank you it worked :), but i would like to understand why port 80 was occupied by system.

Rafael Capati
Rafael Capati
10,725 Points
Rafael Capati
Rafael Capati
10,725 Points

That is great! The IIS it's a web server (like xampp) from microsoft that use port 80 by default. It's part of Windows, I think that is why was occupied by system.