Consider the following observation
WAMP, a web development server , can basically execute PHP within a Windows environment.
- So now you have got it installed, but the tray icon forever shows YELLOW, and when you visit any PHP page in your browser, it just shows the PHP source!
- Also, when you visit "http://localhost/" in IE it gives you a 404 Not Found, Firefox just shows a blank page.
- By the way you've tried
"Restart All Services"
and restarting your machine, but it still won't work.
The solution
There are several reasons behind this such as :
- Windows firewall may block the server.
- Problems in Skype's incoming and outgoing port
- Teamviewer can cause this too.
Windows firewall
Turn off the windows firewall , if needed
Change Skype port
Skype reserves port 80 for its incoming connection which conflicts with WAMP, so simply configure Skype to use another port by doing the following:
Change skype port Before sign in
Open skype and follow the below steps as indicated in below pictures.
- Go to Tools->Connection options (figure:1)
- Use port 81 rather than 80 (figure:2)
- Uncheck the checkbox "Use port 80 and 443 as alternatives..." (figure:2)
- Click the save button (figure:2)
Choose connections
Change connection settings & save
Change skype port After sign in
If you already logged in to skype then
- Go to Tools->Options->Advanced->Connection (figure:3)
- Use port 81 rather than 80 (figure:4)
- Uncheck the checkbox "Use port 80 and 443 as alternatives..." (figure:4)
- Click the save button (figure:4)
Choose connections
Change connection settings & save
Restart Skype
For this change to take effect restart Skype and Restart all services on WAMP by doing the following:
Left-click WAMP tray icon > Restart All Services
Testing Port 80
To test Port 80 is used for Apache go to WAMP tray icon, left-click context menu > Apache > Service > Test Port 80, it said –
Check WAMP Status
Finally check your WAMP server status
