Apache Friends Support Forum

Hello Friends

I am new to this and am trying to plod my way through a SAMS teach yourself PHP, MySql, and Apache. I have managed to set xampp up on my computer. My problem is the book tells me to save my php files to my localhost directory and I have tried several ways. When I try to enter my file into the browser: http://localhost/xampp/htdocs/form.html (told to create by the book) I receive a 404 error. Could someone please help and outline the steps in layman terms as this is my first week trying to do this.

Many Thanks

Nickie

Hello Nickie,

You have to save your files in the subfolder htdocs of your XAMPP-Installation.
After that type http://localhost in the address field of your browser.
If you create subfolders in the htdocs-folder then you have to type http://localhost/subfolder in the address field.

Hope this info helps you.

Best regards Stepke