Apache :: How do I get my PHP page to show as web page on my browser?

Fredashay · Joined: 22 Mar 2012 Posts: 2 Location: USA, Schenectady

Noob question coming at ya'. I'm a programmer, but am new to web development. I want to build a web site using PHP and MySQL. I just downloaded and installed WinLAMP under Windows 7 (I'll be using a hosting service when the site goes live, I just want to develop it locally). I then wrote a simple PHP page like this:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Hello</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<?php echo 'Hello' ?>
</BODY>
</HTML>

When I pointed my browser to it, it just displayed a blank page. Obviously, Apache isn't "serving" this page to me through my browser. When I try to start Apache, it tells me that it's already active. Do I need to put this page in some special folder under Apache? Or set some configuration setting in Apache so that it will display this page when I view 'localhost' in my browser?

Thanks for any help you can give me Smile

James Blond

When the script is being displayed in the browser instead of actually processing the script, this is usually caused by the PHP file not having a PHP extension. Example:

phpfile.html

or

phpfile.php.txt

or

phpfile.txt

PHP files should have .php as the extension. Such as phpfile.php

Fredashay · Joined: 22 Mar 2012 Posts: 2 Location: USA, Schenectady

I have my PHP document saved as all of the following:

index.php
index.htm
index.html

I have all three of these documents saved in the following two locations:

C:/Apache2/htdocs
C:/My Documents/My Website

In httpd.conf:

.
.
.
DocumentRoot "C:/Apache2/htdocs"
.
.
.
UserDir "My Documents/My Website"
.
.
.

When I type localhost in my browser, I get:

WinLAMP, she installed successfully.

What do I need to do to get my test page to display when I type localhost in my browser?

James Blond

what happens if you open in your browser http://localhost/index.php can you see your test page than?