What's the whole point of "localhost", hosts and ports at all?
4 Localhost generally refers to the machine you're looking at. On most machines localhost resolves to the IP address 127.0.0.1 which is the loopback address.
php - How do I run a file on localhost? - Stack Overflow
2 Localhost is the computer you're using right now. You run things by typing commands at the command prompt and pressing Enter. If you're asking how to run things from your programming environment, …
What is the difference between 127.0.0.1 and localhost
Sep 12, 2011 · What, if any, are the actual differences between using 127.0.0.1 and localhost as the server name, especially when hitting processes running locally that are listening for connections?
What is the difference between 0.0.0.0, 127.0.0.1 and localhost?
Dec 26, 2013 · You can use it just like any other hostname - try ping localhost to see how it resolves to 127.0.0.1. 0.0.0.0 has a couple of different meanings, but in this context, when a server is told to …
How do I connect to this localhost from another computer on the same ...
Mar 13, 2012 · I'm currently working on a project and I would like to test it out on two laptops at home where one laptop connects to the localhost on the other. I am using XAMPP. How do I do this?
localhost - Not able to access local server running after VPN ...
Aug 19, 2015 · To access localhost in this case what you have to do is Ensure that VPN is off Set up port forwarding and then find out your external ip address. Test it by using the external ip address …
Connecting to localhost:8080 using Google Chrome
Jun 11, 2015 · I'm currently developing a card game using node.js and gulp, and suddendly Chrome stopped to find localhost:8080. After some research, some people had the same problem and solved …
Apache VirtualHost and localhost - Stack Overflow
Jun 11, 2012 · Actually, I didn't use ServerName localhost, just copied (from httpd.conf) DocumentRoot and <Directory parts and it worked fine - same as previously with all hosts except the ServerName s …
Understanding the difference between localhost:8080 and 127.0.0.1
Nov 26, 2019 · localhost is generally the address 127.0.0.1 but the :8080 part means to connect to port 8080 instead of the default port 80.
How to set xampp open localhost:8080 instead of just localhost
Jun 22, 2012 · How to set xampp open localhost:8080 instead of just localhost Asked 13 years, 6 months ago Modified 5 years ago Viewed 128k times