Tim Streater wrote: > On 13 Jan 2012 at 15:05, David Savage <dsavage@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I open the html file up from a windows explorer window (Q:\asterisk\), >> and so >> IE opens it up, but the problem lies in the fact that I cannot find >> apache >> service running in the background...haven't figured out why yet. The >> "test >> configuration" start menu option (under "configure apache server") just >> displays a console window for a brief moment, then immediately >> disappears. >> The icon I see near my time says "Running none of 1 Apache >> services"....So I >> have to get that straightened out first...I believe that's been my >> problem all >> along. > > Well, that's going to be part of it, but it's never going to work if you > open it via Explorer. If you do that, apache won't be involved whether > it's running or not. This will only work if you have IE (or other browser) > open and put http://localhost/your-webpage.html into the browser's address > bar. Further, both the webpage and PHP file need to be in your > document-root. Look in your apache config file for that). Sorry for the top post. Make sure IIS is not running. It'll cause all kinds of trouble.