Mac Apache web server won't start anymore and can't find any web directories

Question

I\'m on Mac Yosemite 10.10.5. Apache web server suddenly no longer starts. I tried changing the port to 8080. Also tried sudo apachectl stop and sudo apachectl start. Still won\

Answer 1

After 48 hours of research, I found this working solution, I found the solution here: disable OSX's built-in Apache server.

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist

This allowed XAMPP to start on 80, while POW runs on 20559.