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Hello, i have a problem, i installed XAMPP on a computer that runs on Windows XP SP2 and i cannot acces any page that has php in it (i think that is the problem because i can acces .htm and .html files with no problem).

When you enter a page that contains php you get an error telling you that the connection was reset.

i tried everything i knew to repair it but nothing seems to have worked...


Thanks in advance.

AJalex wrote:i tried everything i knew to repair it but nothing seems to have worked...

What exactly have you tried to repair this issue?

Read the \xampp\apache\logs\error.log file for any clues.

Is Apache and MySQL showing a green running indication in the XAMPP Control Panel?

Have you allowed Apache through your firewall and or your AV scanner etc.?

Can you see the XAMPP Welcome Demo Page when you type http://localhost in your browser?

I tried the following:

Set the path to PHP (because only php pages don't show);
Tried to set the "apache/conf/extra/httpd-xampp.conf" permisions;
Moved libmysql.dll to win32 (i already had one but it was an earlier build);


And in the error logs everything seems fine, it starts ok, they are green in the control panel.


I have another idea that came to my mind, could it not work because i have 2 mysql servers on my pc?

EDIT: and no i can't see the welcome page, but if i delete it the html page works great ...
EDIT2: and firewalls are down ...

What version of XAMPP are you using?

Did you return your configuration files back to their default settings when your changes did not work?

If not then ir would be best to do this.

Having 2 MySQL servers should not effect the issue as long as you only have one started at a time not both.
Do you really need 2 MySQL servers?

Do a search of your computer for php.ini filea as you should only have the one located in the \xampp\php folder.

Well i noticed that XAMPP control panel controls the other one because that's the only one configured with a password, if i press stop on the CP the one not included in xampp gets shut down.


I am using version 1.7.2 and yes i backed up the conf files.