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Posted by Scott Wilson
Scott Wilson
417 Points

Port 80 not working On MAMP

Hi, I'm trying to set up MAMP on my Mac. I was trying to change the port to 80, but it doesn't work. It won't let me launch the web page.

I've been trying to figure it out, but nothing works. It only works on port 8888. What's that mean? What's the difference.

Thanks

3 Answers

Scott Wilson
Scott Wilson
417 Points
Scott Wilson
Scott Wilson
417 Points

Do you know how to turn off apache?

Scott Wilson
Scott Wilson
417 Points

Figured it out. Go to Mac Terminal type "sudo apachectl stop." Then enter admin password.

That worked for me. I don't know why it was on but it was.

Ross Litzenberger
Ross Litzenberger
11,706 Points
Ross Litzenberger
Ross Litzenberger
11,706 Points

Reason that it set to port 8888. On the Mac, port 80 can be also use for a built-in web server (Apache) if that's enabled. So that is why MAMP is listening on 8888. You might be not able to listen on it. The only difference is that you wont be about to put localhost:(file name) you will need to put localhost:8888/filename.php

Ross Litzenberger
Ross Litzenberger
11,706 Points
Ross Litzenberger
Ross Litzenberger
11,706 Points

Oh Sweet that is good to know. Mac can be a little trick some time. With this command you can see what is going on with your port ( sudo lsof -i -n -P | grep TCP ) after you enter in admin pw.