Re: Cannot run http://localhost/hello.php or http://127.0.0.1/hello.php

[Purandar Sarmah <puransarmah@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Christoph and David,

It turned out that my problem was with the file extension. Since I used notepad to create the file, by default it added .txt at the end of the file. When I renamed it to "All Files", my problem disappeared.

I greatly appreciated both of your help.

Thank you.

puran

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 10:20 AM, Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@xxxxxx> wrote:

Purandar Sarmah wrote:

> I am new to PHP and also never installed Web Server in my PC. My PC has
> Windows 7 Professional 64 bit Operating System. To test PHP, I am following
> http://php.net/manual/en/tutorial.php and followed the instructions to
> install the package containing PHP, Apache Web Server.
>
> I installed the software in C:\xampp folder. This folder contains all the
> sub folders including C:\xampp\php. I can start/stop Web Server using GUI
> for XAMPP Control Panel v3.2.1. The "php.ini" file exists in C:\xampp\php
> folder. The version of PHP is 5.6.8.
>
> I tried http://localhost/hello.php placing the file in C:\xampp or
> C:\xampp\php or C:\xampp\apache or C:\xampp\htdocs folder. But each time, I
> get the following error.
>
> I followed the installation instruction thoroughly and did not recall
> seeing any failure or error messages. I followed Readme file and your FAQ.
> So far have not been able to resolve the issue.
>
> Any help to resolve the issue will be greatly appreicaited.

Did you run C:\xampp\setup_xampp.bat?  What happens if you request
http://localhost/?

Anyhow, it might be a good idea to ask on
<https://community.apachefriends.org/f/>.

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Christoph M. Becker