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Chaya Felsinger
Chaya Felsinger
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Posted by Chaya Felsinger
Chaya Felsinger
1,123 Points

Google Chrome won't connect to Host

Hi, I am getting this error message: Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to localhost . I've installed Apache and created the php file

Any solutions?

7 Answers

Jeff Busch
Jeff Busch
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Jeff Busch
Jeff Busch
19,287 Points

Did you start Apache?

Christopher Oh
Christopher Oh
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Christopher Oh
Christopher Oh
3,507 Points

Double check if your Apache is running. You also need to upload or save the php file in /htdocs

Andreas cormack
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Andreas cormack
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In addition to the above comments from Jeff and Christopher one other thing that could cause that is if you are logged in on say skype reason being skype uses port 80 and so does apache.

Chaya Felsinger
Chaya Felsinger
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Chaya Felsinger
Chaya Felsinger
1,123 Points

Apache is running and I switched the port that apache uses so as not to interfere with skype. However it still won't open.

Andreas cormack
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how are you typing in localhost?? it should look like this http://localhost:yourportnumber Try that

Chaya Felsinger
Chaya Felsinger
1,123 Points
Chaya Felsinger
Chaya Felsinger
1,123 Points

Still not working. I'm ready to give up...

Is there a way I can give access to s/o and they can look at my comp?

Christopher Oh
Christopher Oh
3,507 Points
Christopher Oh
Christopher Oh
3,507 Points

I would download xampp or whatever you are using to a USB drive and just separately install it in your USB drive. This should allow you to start from a white black sheet. Don't forget to format your USB drive before you use it!! oh and reinstall your chrome or try different browsers.