Can’t select database – WordPress
Please don’t overcomplicate. In the “Database Host” field add “localhost: e.g. in my case “localhost:3308” solved the problem.
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WAMP and WordPress duplicator plug in doesn’t work ( but works on MAMP )
I use the duplicator WordPress plug in on MAMP and it works fine. When I do the same on WAMP I get a blob of errors. Not sure how to remedy this. Thank you. edit , the same problem happens with XAMPP. When I install WordPress by itself I do not have any problems.
WordPress and wamp sending “Delivery status notification Failure” to my inbox every 7 minutes
I have used a WAMP server to host my website publicly, using Godaddy for my domain and open ports so it’s public. Ever since I installed WordPress, it keeps trying to send messagess to some email address every time I do anything, and now it’s picked up Google spam filters so I recieve the following … Read more
WordPress localhost not working
I am new to wordpress so please assist. I know there have been some questions regarding this already there but it did not work hence asking for assistance I have cloned a live repo and saved it in my WAMP www folder which I normally use for other php sites and refer it using localhost/project/ … Read more
Moving WordPress from MAMP to WAMP, can’t access pages
Before I started working on my website on local with MAMP, I changed Apache Port from 8888 to 80 and that’s because I don’t want to replace the domaine in the database from http://localhost:8888 to http://localhost when I move it from my Mac to windows. When I moved it, I went to local host and … Read more
Moving WordPress from MAMP to WAMP, can’t access pages
Before I started working on my website on local with MAMP, I changed Apache Port from 8888 to 80 and that’s because I don’t want to replace the domaine in the database from http://localhost:8888 to http://localhost when I move it from my Mac to windows. When I moved it, I went to local host and … Read more
WAMP won’t turn green. And the VCRUNTIME140.dll error
As Oriol said, you need the following redistributables before installing WAMP. From the readme.txt BEFORE proceeding with the installation of Wampserver, you must ensure that certain elements are installed on your system, otherwise Wampserver will absolutely not run, and in addition, the installation will be faulty and you need to remove Wampserver BEFORE installing the … Read more
WAMP Server – local server – 1 of 2 services running
I installed WAMP server and ran the applpication. The icon in the taskbar stays orange and says “local server – 1 of 2 services running” . Also, I am able to see the phpMyAdmin page in the browser but when I try to login it gives the following error: I have tested port 80 and … Read more
ERROR: SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it
If the WAMP icon is Orange then one of the services has not started. In your case it looks like MySQL has not started as you are getting the message that indicates there is no server running and therefore listening for requests. Look at the mysql log and if that tells you nothing look at the Windows … Read more
Fatal error: Call to undefined function sqlsrv_connect()
This helped me get to my answer. There are two php.ini files located, in my case, for wamp. One is under the php folder and the other one is in the C:\wamp\bin\apache\Apachex.x.x\bin folder. When connecting to SQL through sqlsrv_connect function, we are referring to the php.ini file in the apache folder. Add the following (as per your version) to this file: