I've installed MAMP 4.1.0 on Win 10 Home on my HP laptop (AMD Ryzen 5 processor / 8G Ram / 1TB HDD) and am having issues keeping MySQL (V.5.7.24) running. It defaults to ports 80 for Apache and 3306 for MySQL. Apache starts and runs fine. MySQL only starts upon first initial installation and it works perfectly at that point. I can access via phpMyAdmin with no problems. But if I shut the servers down and attempt to restart, only Apache starts, MySQL does not. I've tried rebooting, but MySQL will NOT restart. I've checked the MySQL error log, but nothing appears to show anything associated with the problem. If I try to use phpMyAdmin while MySQL is shown as not up in MAMP I get the error messages shown in the attached file phpMyAdmin Errors. If anyone has any ideas on what the problem might be and what I can do to resolve this, please respond. I appreciate any help.
I had the same problem. Contacted mamp support. Their answer was the following. It worked for me. Hope this helps you too.
Stop all servers in MAMP.
For MAMP:
With Windows Explorer go to folder C:\MAMP\db\mysql\ (if C:\MAMP\ is your installation directory).
First backup all files that begin with mysql-bin.*
Then delete all files that begin with mysql-bin.* (including mysql-bin.index file.)
Then try starting all MAMP servers again (wait for MySQL to turn light on).
After that stop all MAMP servers again.
You'll now try to disable binary log-bin in MAMP (or MAMP PRO)
For MAMP:
Open up MySQL configuration file in text editor of your choice:
C:\MAMP\conf\mysql\my.ini
This example assumes C:\MAMP\ is your installation directory.
Find following text:
log-bin
Comment this line by adding # character at start of line.
#log-bin=mysql-bin
Save and restart servers
After that put the mysql-bin.* files back in their place.
Try the following. It fixed my issue.
Stop your MAMP Server.
Find the db folder for mysql. In my case: C:\MAMP\db\mysql
Rename the mysql-bin.index file to mysql-bin_old.index
Start your MAMP Server
here´s my problem.
I was required to install MySql server as a local process to create a development environment. I use Mac OS X Yosemite. Pretty normal...
But...
After the installation... I noticed that mysqld connects on port 3307 instead of 3306.
I also noticed that I had MAMP previously installed.
So... I removed MAMP (not sure if did it the right way... erased the folder and it´s contents)... Removed MySql (removed all mysql folders on var/local and on /etc)... Removed even Workbench (leap of faith...)
Reinstalled Mysql and........ NOTHING... still connects at 3307..
So I changed my.cnf in /etc... and...... NOTHING again... mysql seems to be ignoring my.cnf...
I´ve searched for all my.cnf files possible... and made sure that the port line is commented on all of then...
Please... I can´t sleep anymore... Help me!!!
I had same problem and i couldn't change mysql ports from configuration files.
SOLUTION :: You should change your launch daemon configurations(or com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld.plist) from /Library/LaunchDaemons
MySQL Launch Daemon configuration link
I made a really big mistake.
So I'm running OS X Yosemite latest with MAMP.
I accidentally deleted the mysql.pid file in MAMP/tmp/mysql/ by mistake because I read in another article that it would fix it. Turns out it didn't.
However I did fix another issue regarding the Apache Server which was adding a "_" on a certain file. So my Apache server has the green light.
But MYSQLServer just won't turn on the green light. Before deleting that file, it was turning on. Ugh.
So I thought maybe I uninstall MAMP by deleting the MAMP folder and putting it into trash and deleting it forever. Oops.
Now when I reinstalled MAMP, it actually remembered my old MAMP that I "thought" I "deleted" and uninstalled.
So now I get a message that says:
Apache couldn't be started because port 8888 is in use by some other software
So I'm really screwed and not sure what to do after. Really sorry with this.
Thanks for the help.
Using Activity Monitor search for: MySqld and Httpd and end the process for them. I had one Mysqld and loads of Httpd. After this restart Mamp and fingers crossed you'll get both green lights..
Go to your MAMP directory. Go to Library/bin there is a file called envvars change the name to _envvars.
I upgraded MAMP from version 1.9.6 to 3.0.7.2 (on OS X Yosemite) and got the same error:
Apache couldn't be started because port 8888 is in use by some other software.
I tried:
deleting MAMP and reinstalling
stopping any httpd and mysqld processes then restarting MAMP
changing the port
...and a few other things suggested in Stack Overflow answers with no success.
In the end I fixed the issue by deleting MAMP, restarting my machine and then installing MAMP again.
I've just installed XAMPP for Windows - should be the newest version (XAMPP Control Panel v3.2.1).
Apache is running just fine on port 80 and 443, but MySQL is not starting. When I press the start button, I get this message:
Attempting to start MySQL service...
Then a window pops up and asks me if I want to allow this, which I want. But nothing happens after that. I can press as many times as I want, but with the same result.
What can I do with MySQL?
If you have MySQL already installed on your windows then go to services.msc file on your windows and right click the MySQL file and stop the service, now open your XAMPP and start MySQL. Now MySQL will start on the port 3306.
I had an issue with this because I had accidentally installed XAMPP to c:\windows\program files (x86) which caused a Windows permissions issue.
The installation says not to install it there, but I thought it had said to install it there.
I uninstalled and reinstalled to c:\xampp and it worked.
After Stop xampp, go to configure and change the port 3306 to 3308 of mysql and save. Now start the sql......Enjoy
In the cmd type: services.msc Find MySql and change properties to the disabled.
In the control panel of Xampp uninstall MySql by the checkbox on the left side, and install again by the click in the same checkbox.
Windows 10 Users:
I had this issue too. A little bit of investigating helped out though. I had a problem before this one, that 3306 was being used. So what I found out was that port 3306 was being used by another program. Specifically a JDBC program I was trying to learn and I had xammp installed before I tried this JDBC out. So I deleted the whole file and then here I am, where you're at. The issue was that my 'ImagePath'(registry variable) was changed upon installing mySql again. To put it simply, xammp doesn't know where your mysqld.exe is at anymore, or the file is not in the location that you told it to be. Here's how to fix it:
Open run (Win + r) and type 'regedit'. This is where you edit your registry.
Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Services > MySql
Click on mySql and notice the ImagePath variable. Right click 'ImagePath' and click modify.
Enter the location of your xammp mySqld file (navigate through xammp to find it) Although it is likely the same as mine.
Cool Sources:
https://superuser.com/questions/222238/how-to-change-path-to-executable-for-a-windows-service/252850
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-windows-excerpt/5.7/en/mysql-installation-windows-path.html
Thanks dave
One of many reasons is xampp cannot start MySQL service by itself. Everything you need to do is run mySQL service manually.
First, make sure that 'mysqld.exe' is not running, if have, end it. (go to Task Manager > Progresses Tab > right click 'mysqld.exe' > end task)
Open your services.msc by Run (press 'Window + R') > services.msc or 0n your XAMPP ControlPanel, click 'Services' button.
Find 'MySQL' service, right click and run it.
Only stop My sql In Xampp For 15 Min After 15 min restart Mysql .If my sql running But Port Not Showing in Xampp then Click Config > my.ini edit this file and change port no 3306 > 3307 and save and Restart xampp .........
Only for windows
I have fixed the mysql startup issue by following below steps
Steps:
Open CMD and copy paste the command netstat -ano | findstr 3306
If you get any result for command then the Port 3306 is active
Now we want to kill the active port(3306), so now open powershell and paste the command
Stop-Process -Id (Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 3306).OwningProcess -Force
Where 3306 is active port. Now port will be inactive
Start Mysql service from Xampp which will work fine now
Note: This works only if the port 3306 is in active state. If you didn't get any result from step 1 this method is not applicable. There could be some other errors
For other ports change 3306 to "Required port"
Ways to open CMD and Powershell
For CMD-> search for cmd from start menu
For Powershell-> search for powershell from start menu
Had this problem today, on a Windows 10 machine. Opened C:\xampp\data\mysql_error.log and looked for lines containing [ERROR].
Last error line was:
... [ERROR] InnoDB: File (unknown): 'close' returned OS error 206. Cannot continue operation
Important note: if your error is different, google it (you'll likely find a fix).
Searching for the above error, found this thread on Apache Friends Support Forum, which led me to the fix:
Open C:\xampp\mysql\bin\my.ini and add the following line towards the end of [mysqld] section (above the line containing ## UTF 8 Settings):
innodb_flush_method=normal
Restart MySQL service. Should run just fine.
Did you use the default installation path?
In my case, when i ran mysql_start.bat I got the following error:
Can`t find messagefile 'D:\xampp\mysql\share\errmsg.sys'
I moved my xampp folder to the root of the drive and it started working.
Hope it helps
If you have other testing applications like SQL web batch etc, uninstall them because they are running in port 3306.
I have the same problem. Finally found the solution:
The Relocate XAMPP option in the setup tool didn't correctly relocate the paths and corrupted them, I've manually changed the directories inside my.ini (base dir, data dir , ...). After that mysql started successfully.
The problem I had was changing the path of the Xammp folder in the system.
I can share how I solved the problem in my case.
It seems that somehow I had mySQL Server 5.7 installed. It didn't show on Add/Remove Programs list in Windows tough so I wasn't aware of it. I marked that after I looked up the XAMPP log.
Just after XAMPP launched it has shown in the log that there is a conflict in mySQL and indicated the folder where my mySQL Server 5.7 is installed. I removed mySQL 5.7 manually from Program Files (x86) and ProgramData folder, restarted and XAMPP mySQL started normally then.
I've tried only stopping the mySQL service but for me it didn't work. Only manually deleting all mySQL 5.7 folders seemed to have helped.
Everytime my MySQL starts, it will stop, then I noticed that some files are getting generated in C:\xampp\mysql\data. I tried deleting some files (like the Error logs, err file, etc.) on that directory. Back up first what you're going to delete to avoid losing data.
I don't know how it works. I'm just trying to enable HTTPS in my local machine but then suddenly MySQL can't be started. But now it's working.
I'm using Windows 10 and XAMPP 3.2.4.
This worked for me.
Search for Services in Windows Start
Find MySQL in it.
Right Click and Stop MySQL. Would work on XAMPP Now.
Note: If you wanna use the MYSQL prompt again, you will have to start the MYSQL from Service again.
In my case I had xampp installed with PHP 7.4.
But I needed PHP 8.
I downloaded xampp with PHP 8.
Installed it to C:/xampp8/ folder. When I started the new version, it started successfully.
But then I realized that I needed the database data from the old xampp installation. I stopped the new xampp(php 8 version) , and tried to start xampp (php 7.4 version) and saw that Apache started and was working fine, but mysql was not starting.
I tried many settings but couldn't start mysql from the old xampp.
Solution in my case to copy the data to the new xampp
I went to C:/xampp_old/mysql/data folder. And saw that each of my database has a separate folder inside data folder. I copied all the folders and pasted into
C:/xampp8/mysql/data/
Then I started new xampp and looked in phpmyadmin via browser and I got all my databases back.
In the xampp control panel, to the left of "MySQL" there is a green checkbox, click it to uninstall MySQL service. After that you can start MySQL from the same control panel. You can install those services again, it will still work.
What worked for me was to run xampp "as administrator". Fixed.
I solved this problem by removing all the information in the path
C:\xampp\mysql\data
And copy the information inside this path
C:\xampp\mysql\backup
In Windows, you should go: Start > Run > services.msc > Apache 2.4 > Properties > Start Mode > Automatic > Apply > Start > OK > [Same as MySQL]
if all solutions up did not work for you, make sure the service is running and not set to Disabled!
Go to Services from Control panel and open Services,
Search for Apache2.4 and mysql then switch it to enabled, in the column of status it should be switched to Running
I have read all the posts about this none fix it? please help ive even tryed re-installing my computer and reinstalling xampp
Errors:
00:33:43 [mysql] Problem detected!
00:33:43 [mysql] Port 3306 in use by ""C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\mysqld" --defaults-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\my.ini" MySQL"!
00:33:43 [mysql] MySQL WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
00:33:43 [mysql] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
00:33:43 [mysql] or reconfigure MySQL and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
00:33:43 [mysql] Attempting to start MySQL service...
Then i get a user account control to allow changes when i try to start mysql? something to do with net.exe? in C:\Windows, im not sure of the rest of the directory
If i say no to the user account cocntrol then it says this
00:33:49 [mysql] There may be an error, return code: 1223 - The operation was cancelled by the user.
If i say yes nothing happens? Apparently its windows 5.1 erroring? but the directory doesnt even exist? i deleted it all from Program Files and Program Files (x86), Also uninstalled all mysql components? Any thoughts
I had the same problem. I was using standalone MySQl for Java, and then I install XAMPP even after uninstalling stand-alone MySQL, XAMPP MySQL wouldn't start.
The problem is even after uninstalling MySQL MySQL service is normally still in the registry. The solution is to remove MySQL service from registry. The easiest way to do this, run XAMP-control in Administrator mode, and remove MySQL from service list and start MySQL again. That's it
Here is the way to know the program, use netstat -ao
You have the port and the associated pid.
Get the pid for 3306.
Then launch taskmgr
Show column pid (Menu > Select > Column selection > check PID)
You know the program which uses this 3306 port.
Kill it
Restart your XAMP
Then for not starting this "3306 port" program, launch services.msc.
It is certainly a MySQL, search for it and desactivate it at startup.
close Xampp server
go to C:\xampp\mysql\data
delete the ibdata1 file
restart xampp server
yes i already get this, the problem is that you already install MySQL as standalone version OR with VM i guess , and then you install xampp, the solution for that, is open process monitor, and close MySQL, MySQL Server 5.1 then you can start xampp and will work fine ^^
I just uninstall the register service using
sc delete MySQL
and restart my xmapp service; then it works OK.