Error establishing database connection when running mamp on port 80

Question

I'm trying to run Mamp appache on port 80, because the application(wordpress MU) doesn't allow port-numbers in the domain-name.

When I run appache on the default MAMP-port, I manage to get a connection to the database, but when I run it on port 80, I get Error establishing database connection.

While on port 80, I have tried using both the default MAMP-port and default mySQL-port, I have also tried specifying the ports according to wordpress specifications, ie:

 define('DB_HOST', 'localhost:8889');

Nothing of this makes any difference. I'm clueless what should I do?

Answer 1

When using MySQL port 3306,

this is the host: define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); .

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