Wamp Server MySQL Problem

Question

I installed Wamp server some time ago and everything worked. I used it to develop a small homepage. After finishing the works on the homepage I did not use it about two weeks. Today I encountered that the apache server was not running for reasons unknown. I changed the listening port to 8080 instead of 80 and apache is now running but mysql is not. But it was running before I changed the listening port for apache server. Is there a config-file I forgot to change?

regards

Answer 1

are the services turned on/correct? check Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services to find if MySQL and Apache are there and set to start automatically. Try starting them if not and see if it works.

check the logs for MySQL and Apache:
APACHE_INSTALL_DIR\logs
(APACHE_INSTALL_DIR = C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.x\ ??)

MYSQL_INSTALL_DIR\data\sql*.log
(MYSQL_INSTALL_DIR = C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.x\ ??)

the main config files for each are usually
APACHE_INSTALL_DIR\conf\httpd.conf
MYSQL_INSTALL_DIR\my.ini

changing the port of apache shouldn't affect mysql unless it's the same port, and mysql is likely not on 8080 (default is 3306)