Apache :: when browsing to localhost\test.php : object not found

dreubens81 · Joined: 15 Apr 2015 Posts: 5 Location: england, oxford

Windows 7 32bit SP1
XAMMP 5.6.3
which comprises the following:
Apache 2.4
PHP 5.6.3
MySQL 6.6.21
phpMyAdmin 4.2.11
OpenSSL 1.0.1j

Hello,

I am new to these forums and new to coding. I just hit my first hurdle and could do with some advise please.

I downloaded XAMMP and got that installed (UAC and AV off)
PHP module is activated. (according to the "status" on the XAMMP localhost page)
The Apache and MySQL services are also up and running with no error.
The following 2 lines of code have been entered into httpd.conf and then the service restarted:

LoadModule php5_module "C:\xampp\php\php5apache2_4.dll"

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

My text book (PHP, MySQL, Javascript & HTML5 for Dummies)wants me to confirm PHP is definitely working by putting a test.php file into the htdocs folder which in my case is
"C:\xampp\htdocs" So i have created the file with the following code:

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title> PHP Test </title>
</head>
<body>
<p>This is an HTML line</p>
<?php
echo "<p>This is a PHP line</p>";
phpinfo( );
?>
</body>
</html>

And then browsing to http://localhost/xampp/test.php to view it, but i just get "object not found"

I am guessing (hoping!) this is something easy to remedy??
-on a seperate note, how do i change my webserver name to something a bit more inspiring than just localhost?

Any help much appreciated
Darryl

James Blond

The url is

http://localhost/test.php not http://localhost/xampp/test.php

dreubens81 · Joined: 15 Apr 2015 Posts: 5 Location: england, oxford

I am getting "object not found" when browzing to http://localhost/test.php too.

dreubens81 · Joined: 15 Apr 2015 Posts: 5 Location: england, oxford

Please guys, help me out, this is driving me nuts, i just want to get started!

dreubens81 · Joined: 15 Apr 2015 Posts: 5 Location: england, oxford

I just uninstalled and then reinstalled XAMPP, same thing. I even created a test.txt file in the htdocs folder and when browsing to

http://localhost/xampp/test.txt OR
http://localhost/test.txt

i am still getting "object not found"
No one else seems to be having these problems on forums or youtube, i don't get it.

glsmith

What, if anything, is in c:/xampp/apache/logs/error.log ?
Notices are not errors. Warns are not errors either but may give a clue though usually not. In other words, do not post a bunch of lines that say :notice)

What, if anything, might be a php_error.log file in the c:/xampp/htdocs folder?

I have actually seen this in the Xampp forum but saw nothing there to resolve it. English version, Xampp for Windows, about 3 or 4 pages in.

dreubens81 · Joined: 15 Apr 2015 Posts: 5 Location: england, oxford

Thanks for the reply glsmith. However, i stumbled upon an article with someone saying to add a "testfolder" folder into htdocs and then dump the files into there.

I done that and then browsed to

"http://localhost/testfolder/test.php" and it worked.