How to use xammp and mysql server at same time

Question

I am trying to connect my database with PHPStorm. The problem is that when i run mysql at xampp

I get the following error

because my mysql server is down

but if i try to run both mysql server and xampp i get the following error

I am really new to php and mysql so sorry for the question

Answer 1

You have to change the default port number:3306 to another valid port number for one of mysql instance.

please take a look here how to change the default port of MySQL in xammp