Wamp 3.0.6
Idara Viengxay
I recently installed WAMP, changed no settings, and now it is starting whenever I log in. Unlike most other questions I found on SE/Google, I would like it to only start when I run a file (wampmanager.exe or something else?). Is this possible, and how would I set it up (Windows 10, WAMP 3.06 64bit)
I've reinstalled wamp,upgrading from 2.2 to 2.5 in the process, and now I can't get past the home page on any processwire site on localhost - including the basic skyscraper site. That includes getting to the admin site with localhost:81/myprocesswire/processwire. Any page other than the home page returns me to the wampserver home page, with the url of the desired page in the address bar of the browser ie :81/process_skyscraper/cities/ displays the wamp home page. Apache is working fine for other sites (eg joomla). The difference seems to be the trailing slash at the end of the url.
Some googling came up with WAMPServer 2.5 The Homepage, Your Projects Menu and the need for Virtual Hosts , and I followed the advice on that site to setup a virtual host for a processwire site. It also seems to me to be a relatively complex process - (1) editing httpd-hosts.conf (2) running notepad as administrator to edit C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (3) running command prompt as administrator to restart dnscache . It doesn't seem to have made any difference. I tried DocumentRoot with and without the trailing slash in the VirtualHost settings.
I do think setting up virtual hosts (in most cases) is a good practice and there really isn't that much to it. However, it seems you have your VirtualHost setup wrong. Localhost will already be defined by wampserver and probably has precedence over your vhost entry, hence localhost shows the wampserver startpage. I'll show and example of a working VirtualHost entry:
In this case my PW files are in a /vhosts/mysite folder, but this can also be a full path like you did, as long as Apache can reach it. No need for a trailing slash in the document root. For vhosts to work you should also edit your Windows hosts file to match the vhost, in this case example adding a line "127.0.0.1 mysite.dev" to it. I can, and need, then approach this project via typing mysite.dev/ (or www.mysite.dev/) in a browser.
So i think you have to change servername and serveralias to something that makes sense to you; for example sitedomainname.dev, or anything you fancy. You will also have to add a line to the windows hosts file, like described above. Restart everything and it should work.
along with stopping and restarting dnscache, and restarting wamp server. Localhost still works, but can't find skyscraper.dev. Typing skyscraper.dev into the browser kicks off a google search (Chrome) or a 404 in Firefox.
Also, did you not manage to get things going with UniServer? Using the controller program that comes with it to create a vhost and edit the hosts file might be less confusing and less error prone for you. When going that route be aware that by default this will create a vhosts directory inside the UniServerZ directory where it expects you to place you project files (i.e. document root).
I've activated the rewrite_module suggested by 3fingers (I didn't know you could link directly to dropbox accounts - neat) and now the site via wamp server works as it used to with the earlier version of wamp - navigating from page to page is fine using localhost:81/ skyscraper as the root in the browser .
As far as I'm concerned, I have two solutions for my initial problem - activate the rewrite_module for apache with wamp, or go with the more user friendly uniform server. (Note sure that I'll be able to hit the solved button twice though).
At this stage apache is still a big mystery to me - I still haven't got the hang of virtual hosts, on either wamp or UniServer (a joy to use). Since on my machine both wamp and UniServer access data from an independent installation of MySQL (computer a handmedown from another user and in earlier days I couldn't figure out how to turn the automatically starting MySQL server off), I can switch between servers quite easily.
The Apache rewrite module is a requirement for PW, regardless of which setup or wamp package you use. There is a check for this in the PW installation routine, so it should have given you a warning when installing PW. In wampserver you have to enable rewrite and in uniform it's enabled by default.
Regarding the vhosts: it's hard to tell why it won't work but i'm thinking it might be that the changes to the windows hosts file are being ignored. This seems to be a pretty common problem. Maybe you can try the stuff listed here:
The warning for the rewrite module not being on probably didn't happen because processwire was already setup - I just copied the directories into the newly created www directory, so didn't go through the install checks.
My computer is on automatic update from Microsoft. I think thats where the problem came from. My computer downloaded an application from Microsoft and I installed it without knowing it would cause this problem. I have even done a system restore to a former date but the problem still persists. I am trying to find out how I can find out the ports on windows xp and disable the one sharing with wamp. Thank you all help is greatly appreciated
I gave it a static IP address on my network and am forwarding ports 80 and 443 to that IP. I am also using a dynamic DNS service so that I can use site names like testsite1.mywampserver.com and testsite2.mywampserver.com to do my testing and to see the sites as work from outside my network.
I can get to the WAMP server fine from outside the network when not using multiple sites. Using mywampserver.com (obviously not the real name - but you get the point) sends it right to the default WAMP page. But, when I un-comment
Would you know how I can restrict the root directory (with the nice WampServer Configuration Page and links) to only be accessible from 127.0.0.1? I like having that info and those links, but I would like to keep it off the web if possible.
Nobody else should be able to use that format without permission if it is trademarked/copyrighted (like compression algorithms and such), but all companies and people should be able to have their data transferred to another service/software provider whenever they feel the need.
My Windows computer is broken and I cannot do anything with it. I managed to get access to the hard drive and I am moving some websites I'm developing but I need the database that is located in: wamp/www/bin/mysql/mysql5.x.x.x/data
The reason you are seeing .frm files in the windows is that the .frm files would hold the information about the column details.There are very essentials so please follow the below steps to move the old MySQL folder from WAMP to LAMP.
All of them are separate open-source software. However, installing them separately is not quite easy even for experienced users. Software like WampServer allows you to easily install them and have a working local environment within minutes.
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This is the best method for anyone who just want to learn and gets hands dirty before actually making a big debut in the WordPress industry.
I have used both the methods local by flywheel and wampserver for local installation of WordPress.
I have also used xampp server for wordpress installation and have experimented with many themes and plugins.
WAMP has been around longer and was our original recommendation, Local WP was created to make it easier for those just starting out and both will install what is needed to run a WordPress site on your computer.
I have installed wampserver and have a green light. When I right click I can not find any button called phpadmin. And when I type localhost/phpadmin in my browser I am getting this message.
The requested URL was not found on this server.
We would recommend following our guide below for transferring your site to a different computer to continue working on it. While the article is for live sites, the method should still work for your local installation.
Thanks for this invaluable guide. The issue of having is with the wamp download. The language is in French and each time i try to change it it goes back to french which i do not understand. i filled all the necessary information but to click on download it changes back to french. pls help me out on this
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