localhost:8080 vs localhost

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localhost:8080 vs localhost

Postby stman » 12. January 2016 02:15

As of now my xampp installation opens the index.html page using localhost:8080 (made the changes in config file from 80 to 8080). How can I make localhost/index.html work?

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Re: localhost:8080 vs localhost

Postby Altrea » 12. January 2016 03:08

change Apache to listen on port 80. Thats the only way.
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Re: localhost:8080 vs localhost

Postby stman » 12. January 2016 06:58

Well how does the computer know localhost is port 80?
Is that coded into xampp or into Windows?
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Re: localhost:8080 vs localhost

Postby Altrea » 12. January 2016 12:36

If no port is given in the URL it is defined by the used protocol.
If your URL starts with http:// port 80 is used, if it is https:// port 443 is used, ftp:// port 21, etc.
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Re: localhost:8080 vs localhost

Postby Nobbie » 12. January 2016 13:54

stman wrote:Well how does the computer know localhost is port 80?
Is that coded into xampp or into Windows?


Port 80 is the default Port for protocoll http, thus http://localhost:80 is the same as http://localhost
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Re: localhost:8080 vs localhost

Postby stman » 12. January 2016 18:21

Oh ok, so it is built into the browsers. right?
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