I'm running an application on localhost, it's been running successfully for at least a year now, but suddenly today wampserver isn't starting up. Whenever I rightclick on the taskbar icon and "start all services", it gets orange, but never green. Yesterday there was a data loss problem because one of the mysql tables crashed and had to be repaired, if that's related to this in any way.
If I try http://localhost/phpmyadmin, I get a 403 Forbidden error, which I never got before.
I checked the apache log today and its latest entries are:
[Sat Jul 20 14:17:31 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Stack trace:, referer: http://localhost/zeejflow/index.php
[Sat Jul 20 14:17:31 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP   1. {main}() D:\\wamp\\www\\zeejflow\\index_exe.php:0, referer: http://localhost/zeejflow/index.php
[Sat Jul 20 14:17:31 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP   2. mysql_real_escape_string() D:\\wamp\\www\\zeejflow\\index_exe.php:25, referer: http://localhost/zeejflow/index.php
[Sat Jul 20 14:17:31 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Warning:  mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: A link to the server could not be established in D:\\wamp\\www\\zeejflow\\index_exe.php on line 25, referer: http://localhost/zeejflow/index.php
[Sat Jul 20 14:17:31 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Stack trace:, referer: http://localhost/zeejflow/index.php
[Sat Jul 20 14:17:31 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP   1. {main}() D:\\wamp\\www\\zeejflow\\index_exe.php:0, referer: http://localhost/zeejflow/index.php
[Sat Jul 20 14:17:31 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP   2. mysql_real_escape_string() D:\\wamp\\www\\zeejflow\\index_exe.php:25, referer: http://localhost/zeejflow/index.php
[Sat Jul 20 14:17:32 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Warning:  mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: [2002] No connection could be made because the target machine actively  (trying to connect via tcp://localhost:3306) in D:\\wamp\\www\\zeejflow\\index_exe.php on line 26, referer: http://localhost/zeejflow/index.php
[Sat Jul 20 14:17:32 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Stack trace:, referer: http://localhost/zeejflow/index.php
[Sat Jul 20 14:17:32 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP   1. {main}() D:\\wamp\\www\\zeejflow\\index_exe.php:0, referer: http://localhost/zeejflow/index.php
[Sat Jul 20 14:17:32 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP   2. mysql_real_escape_string() D:\\wamp\\www\\zeejflow\\index_exe.php:26, referer: http://localhost/zeejflow/index.php
[Sat Jul 20 14:17:32 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Warning:  mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.\r\n in D:\\wamp\\www\\zeejflow\\index_exe.php on line 26, referer: http://localhost/zeejflow/index.php
[Sat Jul 20 14:17:32 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Stack trace:, referer: http://localhost/zeejflow/index.php
[Sat Jul 20 14:17:32 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP   1. {main}() D:\\wamp\\www\\zeejflow\\index_exe.php:0, referer: http://localhost/zeejflow/index.php
[Sat Jul 20 14:17:32 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP   2. mysql_real_escape_string() D:\\wamp\\www\\zeejflow\\index_exe.php:26, referer: http://localhost/zeejflow/index.php
[Sat Jul 20 14:17:32 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Warning:  mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: A link to the server could not be established in D:\\wamp\\www\\zeejflow\\index_exe.php on line 26, referer: http://localhost/zeejflow/index.php
[Sat Jul 20 14:17:32 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Stack trace:, referer: http://localhost/zeejflow/index.php
[Sat Jul 20 14:17:32 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP   1. {main}() D:\\wamp\\www\\zeejflow\\index_exe.php:0, referer: http://localhost/zeejflow/index.php
[Sat Jul 20 14:17:32 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP   2. mysql_real_escape_string() D:\\wamp\\www\\zeejflow\\index_exe.php:26, referer: http://localhost/zeejflow/index.php
[Sat Jul 20 14:17:33 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Warning:  mysql_num_rows() expects parameter 1 to be resource, integer given in D:\\wamp\\www\\zeejflow\\index_exe.php on line 34, referer: http://localhost/zeejflow/index.php
[Sat Jul 20 14:17:33 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Stack trace:, referer: http://localhost/zeejflow/index.php
[Sat Jul 20 14:17:33 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP   1. {main}() D:\\wamp\\www\\zeejflow\\index_exe.php:0, referer: http://localhost/zeejflow/index.php
[Sat Jul 20 14:17:33 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP   2. mysql_num_rows() D:\\wamp\\www\\zeejflow\\index_exe.php:34, referer: http://localhost/zeejflow/index.php
[Sat Jul 20 14:17:33 2013] [error] an unknown filter was not added: DEFLATE
[Sat Jul 20 14:17:33 2013] [error] an unknown filter was not added: DEFLATE
[Sat Jul 20 14:17:33 2013] [error] an unknown filter was not added: DEFLATE
Lines 25 and 26 on index_exe.php are simply as below (I was trying to log in to the application):
$userName = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['userName']);
$Password = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['Password']);
Because of the [2002] No connection could be made because the target machine actively  (trying to connect via tcp://localhost:3306 error, I figured maybe there's a problem with some other application using the same port, so I tried the following (my wamp is running on D:) :
C:\Users\admin>netstat
Active Connections
  Proto  Local Address          Foreign Address        State
  TCP    127.0.0.1:5939         localhost127:49313     ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:5939         localhost127:49317     ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:49155        localhost127:49156     ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:49156        localhost127:49155     ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:49157        localhost127:49158     ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:49158        localhost127:49157     ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:49311        localhost127:49312     ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:49312        localhost127:49311     ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:49313        localhost127:5939      ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:49315        localhost127:49316     ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:49316        localhost127:49315     ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:49317        localhost127:5939      ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:49320        localhost127:49321     ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:49321        localhost127:49320     ESTABLISHED
  TCP    192.168.15.200:49166   server6201:5938        ESTABLISHED
  TCP    192.168.15.200:49847   Server-PC:netbios-ssn  TIME_WAIT
  TCP    192.168.15.200:49848   Server-PC:netbios-ssn  TIME_WAIT
D:\>netstat
Active Connections
  Proto  Local Address          Foreign Address        State
  TCP    127.0.0.1:80           localhost127:49799     TIME_WAIT
  TCP    127.0.0.1:80           localhost127:49800     TIME_WAIT
  TCP    127.0.0.1:80           localhost127:49801     TIME_WAIT
  TCP    127.0.0.1:80           localhost127:49802     TIME_WAIT
  TCP    127.0.0.1:80           localhost127:49803     TIME_WAIT
  TCP    127.0.0.1:80           localhost127:49804     TIME_WAIT
  TCP    127.0.0.1:80           localhost127:49806     TIME_WAIT
  TCP    127.0.0.1:80           localhost127:49810     TIME_WAIT
  TCP    127.0.0.1:80           localhost127:49811     TIME_WAIT
  TCP    127.0.0.1:5939         localhost127:49313     ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:5939         localhost127:49317     ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:49155        localhost127:49156     ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:49156        localhost127:49155     ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:49157        localhost127:49158     ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:49158        localhost127:49157     ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:49311        localhost127:49312     ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:49312        localhost127:49311     ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:49313        localhost127:5939      ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:49315        localhost127:49316     ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:49316        localhost127:49315     ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:49317        localhost127:5939      ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:49320        localhost127:49321     ESTABLISHED
  TCP    127.0.0.1:49321        localhost127:49320     ESTABLISHED
  TCP    192.168.15.200:49166   server6201:5938        ESTABLISHED
  TCP    192.168.15.200:49805   mrs02s05-in-f4:http    ESTABLISHED
But now I don't know what to make of this. I made sure my.ini had specified port 3306, and it had (anyway noone changed it in a year how could it suddenly have another value). Any help please! I think Apache is working because when I type in http://localhost, it works and gives the option to go to phpmyadmin or my application folder, but it appears mysql services aren't starting up or something? I confirmed with the admin and no new software (such as Skype) have been installed or anything. 
I went to Services.msc and checked wampapache,  the status was "started".
But wampmysqld had no status. So I right-clicked and chose "Start".
A message said "Windows is attempting to start the service on the local computer", but then I got this  error: 
Windows could not start the wampmysqld service on Local Computer
Error 1067: The process terminated unexpectedly
What on earth is up? :(
I got the mysql working again, here:
mysqld working but wampmysqld not starting up
HowEVER, localhost://phpmyadmin still gives me a 403 forbidden error, and mysql_connect keeps giving me an "Access denied" error.
-Go to Task Manger -End all task instances of mysql -restart your wampserver
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