Run two installations of XAMPP simultaneously [Solved]

[Xee]

I would like to run a local installation of my phpBB3 forums as well as Wordpress simultaneously. On their own, each works fine. However, if I change the port number of my phpBB3 "copy" of XAMPP to 81 I can't bring up the forum. I changed the following line in my phpBB3 config.php file from:

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$dbhost = 'localhost';

to

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$dbhost = 'localhost:81';

and went to http://localhost:81/forum, but the page keeps loading and nothing ever happens. However, if I simply type http://localhost:81 I get the XAMPP splash page, so I know the port is open and working. Can anyone offer any advice? It seems that I need to still change something in my phpBB3 directory but I don't know what it is. Thanks in advance.

[Altrea]

Hi Xee,

Why don't you use phpbb3 and wordpress with just one instance of XAMPP?
Your Database can manage more than one database simultaneously and you can place each application in its own folder inside htdocs.

best wishes,
Altrea

[Xee]

Wow, I feel stupid. Here I spent the better part of an hour trying to figure it out and the solution was as simple as that. I did what you suggested and they work perfectly together. Thanks a lot!