Problem with XAMPP

Hey guys,

I installed XAMPP but the mysql service doesn't want to start. I have the Apache server running and same goes for Filezilla...

Whenever I click on "start" for the mysql service the XAMPP's control panel prints "MySql service started..." but alas it doesn't.

I looked on XAMPP's site but I can't seem to find any support on there, so I figured I'd turn to you guys since you all seem to know e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g.

edit: Don't worry about it. I managed to get window to spew me an error message and by googling that message I found out that this was probably due to a faulty installation. It works now. Thanks ;-)

Have you looked in Event Viewer?

Thanks Elija, it was a faulty installation.

edit: However I have come into quite the pickle.

I'm used to working with easyphp to test my websites. This is my first time with XAMPP and I can't find any user guides... I'm currently trying to configure the webserver to understand that when I type in 127.0.0.1/testSite to open up index.html in my testSite folder (somewhere on my machine).

What am I looking for? Aliasing? I remember easyphp using the term alias and a quick search through the XAMPP pages on the installed webserver has some info on it. However, it feels as if I'm trying to attach URL's... are URL exclusively for external use? I'm kind of confused, maybe someone could guide me in the right direction... I'd like to learn how to use these things.

Hey I'm just bumping this to get a bit of attention out of it. My last reply has an edit explaining a new problem I have with the system so since I edited the post instead of adding a new one I suppose people thought it was solved and didn't bother to look.

So here's my "MOM LOOK AT ME I'M ABOUT TO DIVE!" post.

Virtual Directory maybe??

Why do you need an alias at all? Just put the 'testsite' dir in the
folder you set up as your DocumentRoot.

Think i understand what u want, i use xampp locally on my machine abd to view my websites i just pop anything htdocs folder found in the xampp programme files, then if its running its just localhost etc etc

Yeah but then if I have multiple sites to work on I can set up aliases for each one.

But thanks guys I'll try just that, just using the default root folder.

You can set up aliases if you want, but there's really no need.
It's easy enough though, just add something like this to your
httpd.conf file for each one:
[* don't forget to restart Apache each time your edit the config
file ]

It's unnecessary though, you just need to put the directories in
the DocumentRoot. For example, I have set up my DocRoot as
'E:\Apache' [see screenie], so if/when I start something new, I
just create a dir in there, and I access it with '//zion/Stuff', or
'//zion/web/proj/...', etc.

C:\Program Files\xampp\apache

is where Apache can be found within xampp can't see why you would want to create extra work for yourself creating the above..

i just create multiple folders in here C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs does the same thing but u don't need to edit the config

It's like three lines to edit in the conf file.

It also means that my work files are on a different drive to the
program files, for security...

ahh is that using xampp Chief? if so one might look into it