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PHP

Posted by Olushola Adeniyi
Olushola Adeniyi
3,656 Points

Can seem to run PHP on my computer

I am running the PHP lesson with Randy, and have downloaded XAMP for windows 7, the control panel is working but i can seem to run .php files.

Each time i try to open a .php file, a screen comes up for like a second and goes off. I cant seem to continue with my PHP classes since I can run the file. Everything else seems ok.

4 Answers

Luke Terzich
Luke Terzich
5,193 Points
Luke Terzich
Luke Terzich
5,193 Points

Have you turned on XAMPP? you have to turn on the server. Right click the new XAMPP icon in the bottom right hand corner of your screen (near your clock) and you have to open the XAMPP server and turn it on

Try that if you haven't first

Jason Anello
PLUS
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Do you also have your files in the "htdocs" folder? You also need to have your browser address as localhost/

Olushola Adeniyi
Olushola Adeniyi
3,656 Points
Olushola Adeniyi
Olushola Adeniyi
3,656 Points

@Luke, I presume its turned on because i started it from the control panel and the Apache indicator shows green and an option to stop. The others are off (red) though, MySQL, Filezilla, Mecury and Tomcat.

@Jason, i have the files in the htdocs and the browser address alright

Jason Anello
PLUS
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Sorry, I'm not sure what else to suggest. Do you have this resolved yet?

Apache seems to be running for you and that's all you need.

I have a "shirts4mike" subfolder in htdocs where I've placed that project and if i point my browser to "http://localhost/shirts4mike/" I'm able to see the index page of that site.