This is on a Mac (10.11.2) The command is “sudo apachectl start"
And yes, Apache is running on the same machine as the web browser. > On Jan 14, 2016, at 10:33 PM, Wei-min Lee <weimin.b....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is this on windows? > > What is the command in "The command went through as it should"? > > This might be a dumb question, but is Apache running on the same machine > you're opening your browser on? > > ~Sent from my Huawei H1511~ > > On Jan 14, 2016 6:37 PM, "Josiah Asbill" <josiah.asb...@gmail.com > <mailto:josiah.asb...@gmail.com>> wrote: > I recently tried starting up my Apache server, as part of a course that I am > taking to learn web development. > The command went through as it should, after asking for my password. But when > I opened my web browser at the http://localhost <http://localhost/> webpage, > nothing happened. I was given an error page saying that the page cannot be > opened because the web browser cannot connect to the server. > I did some preliminary checking and found a command to troubleshoot Apache > files. What I got back had to do with syntax errors in multiple files. Though > I did some research, I have found nothing about this particular problem. Also > I could not find a way to reinstall Apache in such a way that the system > would be untouched, but the bad files would be replaced by uncorrupted ones. > I humbly submit this problem to anyone for their consideration. Perhaps > someone else has had a similar problem; or someone knows a way to bypass the > issue. > Thank you very much, > JDAsbill
