Server.c

#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/types.h>

#ifndef true
#define true 1
#endif

int socket_create();
void infinite_loop();

void main() {
  struct sockaddr_in listeningAddr;

  int socketFD = socket_create();

  memset(&listeningAddr, 0, sizeof(listeningAddr));

  listeningAddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
  listeningAddr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
  listeningAddr.sin_port = htons(8080);

  bind(socketFD, (struct sockaddr*) &listeningAddr, sizeof(listeningAddr));

  if(listen(socketFD, 5) == -1) {
    printf("Woah there! I couldn't startup the server!");
  }

  infinite_loop();
}

void infinite_loop(int socketFD) {
  char buffer[1024];
  memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));

  printf("Starting infinite loop, don't worry, everything would be okay!\n");
  do {
    int connectionFD = accept(socketFD, (struct sockaddr*) NULL, NULL);
    /*Accept is a blocking call! The following code wont execute until, accept() returns.*/
    strcpy(buffer, "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: text/html\r\n\r\nHello!");
    write(connectionFD, buffer, sizeof(buffer));

    char request[2048];
    read(connectionFD, &request, sizeof(request));

    printf("Request received!\n%s", request);

    close(connectionFD);
  } while (true);
}

int socket_create() {
  return socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
}

After char request[2048] there shall be a memset(request, 0, sizeof(request));