1. Choose a free port number
The default port used by Apache is 80.
Take a look to all your used ports with Netstat (integrated to XAMPP Control Panel).
Then you can see all used ports and here we see that the 80port is already used by System.
Choose a free port number (8012, for this exemple).
2. Edit the file "httpd.conf"
This file should be found in C:\xampp\apache\conf on Windows or in bin/apache for Linux.:
Listen 80
ServerName localhost:80
Replace them by:
Listen 8012
ServerName localhost:8012
Save the file.
Access to : http://localhost:8012 for check if it's work.
If not, you must to edit the http-ssl.conf file as explain in step 3 below. ↓
3. Edit the file "http-ssl.conf"
This file should be found in C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra on Windows or see this link for Linux.
Locate the following lines:
Listen 443
<VirtualHost _default_:443>
ServerName localhost:433
Replace them by with a other port number (8013 for this example) :
Listen 8013
<VirtualHost _default_:8013>
ServerName localhost:8013
Save the file.
Restart the Apache Server.
Access to : http://localhost:8012 for check if it's work.
4. Configure XAMPP Apache server settings
If your want to access localhost without specify the port number in the URL
http://localhost instead of http://localhost:8012.
- Open Xampp Control Panel
- Go to Config ► Service and Port Settings ► Apache
- Replace the Main Port and SSL Port values with those chosen (e.g.
8012 and 8013).
- Save Service settings
- Save Configuration of Control Panel
- Restart the Apache Server
It should work now.
To answer your problem :
If you still have this message in Control Panel Console :
Apache Started [Port 80]
- Find location of
xampp-control.exe file (probably in C:\xampp)
- Create a file
XAMPP.INI in that directory (so XAMPP.ini and xampp-control.exe are in the same directory)
Put following lines in the XAMPP.INI file:
Credit : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11294812/how-to-change-xampp-apache-server-port
