Re: Need MySQL and PHP Server!
 

I believe what you're running into there is that IIS runs on port 80, and Apache can't override IIS unless you disable the IIS service. However, I don't see any need to run Apache on a WAMP server, ignoring the fact that the A stands for Apache. I haven't been using it on my test server, and it's working great with PHP, MySQL, ASP, MS SQL, Access DBs and ASP.NET (for some strange reason my web dev teacher thought it would be good to teach all of those in one semester).

The one way around that to run both IIS and Apache is to select to run Apache in console mode rather than as a service. That opens to connection on port 8080 (I think that's right), but it also leaves the Apache console running and doesn't start it as a service. For that, you would just have to make sure to use [IP]:8080 for the URL, rather than just the IP / localhost.

Re: Need MySQL and PHP Server!
 

I just tried reinstalling both servers, and I got the exact error. It reads
But this time it didn't say what was using 80 or 443... Any ideas?

EDIT:
I went to http://localhost
And this is what I see

Re: Need MySQL and PHP Server!
 

I would have assumed IIS was the culprit, but that doesn't very well explain the "Autodesk EDM Web Server" error. Sorry, can't help you much on that one.

Re: Need MySQL and PHP Server!
 

OK... I think I found what is messing it up. But I am not sure if I can just delete the files/ uninstall the component (not sure if I need it for Autodesk) So i ran the "port check" feature that XAMPP has, and this is what I found on port 80
Any ideas as to if I can just delete that, or how to properly uninstall it so that Autodesk Inventor 11 still works without any flaws?

Re: Need MySQL and PHP Server!
 

Yep. WAMP is easy to use, quick to set up, and simple to maintain.

WAMP ftw!

Re: Need MySQL and PHP Server!
 

I don't know enough about Autodesk to answer that one. That would probably be better directed toward a CAD / programming person.

Re: Need MySQL and PHP Server!
 

First, to identify what ports are being used by what applications (independent of havinbg XAMPP's "port check" feature), do the following:

Start -> Run -> CMD.EXE

netstat -n -a -o

gives PIDs for all open ports (including those in "listening" states). Look at port 80 with local address 0.0.0.0:80 or 127.0.0.1:80. PID is the last number on each line.

Now, go to Task Manager, and sort by PID, to find the PID, and thus the program controlling port 80.

As others have mentioned, in the absence of IIS already installed, Autodesk Inventor 11 installs its "Vault" service on port 80.

You can either change the configuration that Autodesk uses (still not 100% sure how to do that) or else alter your Apache configuration files (normally httpd.conf) to use another port.

Cheers

Jason

Re: Need MySQL and PHP Server!
 

I would Suggest Using "AppServ." It automatically sets up PHP, phpMyAdmin, mySQL, and Apache, and makes it extremely easy to manage. If you search Google, it is the first result! This runs on WINDOWS and runs well!

Re: Need MySQL and PHP Server!
 

Even though it was previously denounced, I think EasyPHP would be the best choice. You just install it through the installer and boom, it's mostly done. There's the additional step of editting one line in the configuration file so the server knows where the files are.

This is an easy program to use, but it sometimes like to crash, which is why it's not the best. It's a tradeoff, I guess.

If you are going to use this software, try not to use the beta/dev version as that one crashes over random things (at random moments when querying mySQL, etc). But the thing is, in the stable version some parts are still in french (though you can usually figure out what it says)

Re: Need MySQL and PHP Server!
 

I've used EasyPHP and it crashed often for me...I've recently switched to AppServe, which does basically the same thing but never crashes and is very easy to use. It works with Windows (at least NT 4.0 Workstation/Server and ABOVE)