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PHP PHP Basics PHP on the Web HTML and PHP

Posted by agung laksana
agung laksana
Courses Plus Student 179 Points

Can't display the PHP result if using local server

Hi,

I am trying to follow along this tutorial with using XAMPP and sublime text editor. but when i renamed the file extension to index.php , it didn't display properly. here is the screenshot of my problem

https://ibb.co/h5Emxm

what went wrong in here ? Thanks in advance :)

agung laksana
agung laksana
Courses Plus Student 179 Points

case closed. I have found the problem, newbie mistake.

3 Answers

Dennis Amiel Domingo
Dennis Amiel Domingo
15,357 Points
Dennis Amiel Domingo
Dennis Amiel Domingo
15,357 Points

I was also having this problem using XAMPP awhile back. What I did was make a copy of my whole php folder in the htdocs inside the XAMPP folder and call it using localhost/nameoffolder and it worked fine! Glad you were able to solve your issue. :)

Yoan Herrera
Yoan Herrera
21,137 Points
Yoan Herrera
Yoan Herrera
21,137 Points

easiest way 

php -S localhost:3000
// 3000 can be replaced by any other valid port number of your choosing. More information is in man php

you can also .start a python server if you have it installed .

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Common_questions/set_up_a_local_testing_server

Emil Pesaxov
Emil Pesaxov
3,684 Points
Emil Pesaxov
Emil Pesaxov
3,684 Points

You access your files through the localhost. For that you need to type in the browser: localhost:80/hello.php Assuming your port is 80 of course. It is considered good practice to avoid naming your files as index.php since you will not see them in your localhost.