How To Fix MySQL Error on XAMPP

Date Posted: 26th September 2022

If you’ve ever used Xampp, chances are you’ve seen the “errors” message a few times. Whenever something goes wrong with your Xampp installation, this message appears. But what does it mean? And how can you fix it?

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1. Error Code:

Problem detected!
Port 3306 in use by “c:\wamp64\bin\mysql\mysql5.7.36\bin\mysqld.exe wampmysql
MySQL WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!

It simply means the port number 3306 is in used by another application

2. Change Port From 3306 to 3307

Here is how you change ports:

  • Click on “Config” next to “MySQL”
  • Open my.ini file under “Config”
  • Once Opened with NotePad press “Ctrl+F” and search Port
  • Change each Port Section from 3306 to 3307 or 3308 if 3307 is unavailable.

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