Busy… Apache started [Port 80]

Question

I use XAMPP 1.7.7 after start Apache I get this alert:

Busy...
Apache started [Port 80]

And I have opened the httpd.con

Answer 1

I have checked the source code for XAMPP control panel. It is not really 100% hardcoded. It looks for a dynamic value, if not found, it says port 80. Well, the dynamic value DOES NOT come from your httpd.conf file

To change the port in Apache started [Port 80] message, do as follows:

1. Find location of xampp-control.exe. It should be in the root of your installation directory.

2. Create a file "XAMPP.INI" in that directory (so that XAMPP.ini and xampp-control.exe are in same directory)

3. Put following in the XAMPP.INI file:

[PORTS]
apache = 8080

Now , you will always get Apache started [Port 8080]. Use whatever port you want to display in XAMPP.ini file. Please note that, this is for display purpose only. It has no relation with your httpd.conf