[FIXED] MAMP - Not working for my iPhone on the same Network

Issue

I've been googling this one a lot but I still could not make it work. I have a MAMP web server installed on my mac and I've created some a web service. It work fine when I call it from the browser on my mac when I use localhost:8888/myfile.php and also when I use 192.168.0.108/~martin/myfile.php.

The problem is when I try to call the 192.168.0.108/~martin/myfile.php from my iPhone to do some testing, the requests time out. It is really weird because this was working 2 days ago. I'm not sure what has changed. I'm not very familiar with httpd.conf and htaccess files, but I did not change things there manually.

Any help would be appreciated!

Solution

Have you tried going to http://192.168.0.108:8888/myfile.php on your iPhone? If MAMP is running on 8888 you will need to specify the port to access it there.

Be sure to check your computer's IP too. It's possible that it changed over the last few days depending on your router's setup.

Also, make sure the iPhone is indeed on the same network as your local machine. Depending on your network setup, a subnet might not work either. I've driven myself crazy trying to connect to a box that was actually connected on a separate subnet.

Answered By - saverio