MAMP Installation Errors - Resolved

Category: MAMP PRO (macOS)

If you're a macOS user trying to install MAMP PRO, you might encounter an issue where the installation is blocked due to insufficient system permissions. In this article, we'll discuss the steps you n...

Where should I store my HTML and PHP pages?

Category: General

By default, PHP and HTML Pages should be stored inside the MAMP /Applications/MAMP/htdocs folder. This folder is called "Document Root". The location of the document root folder can be changed in the ...

Apache will not start

Category: Apache

Another Apache web server is running on the same port The most common reason for the Apache web server not starting is that another Apache web server is already running on the same port. To find out i...

Where can I find the php.ini file?

Category: FAQ

There is a separate php.ini file for each of the PHP versions present in MAMP. You can find it here (where "x.y.z" stands for the corresponding PHP version): "/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/phpx.y.z/conf/...

I'm getting a 1045: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

Category: General

This means you are supplying a username and password to the MySQL database and are getting rejected. 1. Are you using the correct username and password in your PHP scripts? By default, MAMP uses user ...

PHP 8 compatibility

Category: PHP

If you select PHP 8 as the default version of PHP or PHP version of a host, you will be notified that this PHP version may cause problems with the operation of your website. These problems can occur b...