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Newcomer to XAMPP.

Created simple php code (filename=page534.php) and dropped the file in htdocs folder.

http://localhost/page534.php

I get an error message
"Unable to connect".

From XAMPP console, I can see that apache is running.
4:06:00 PM [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app...
4:06:00 PM [Apache] Status change detected: running

From the console, I clicked on ADMIN button next to Apache. Same error message.
Cannot see any of the logs.

Went to the physical directory
C:\xampp\apache\logs
There is only one old file install.txt

Any help is appreciated from experienced user.

contents of this simple php file?

Does your php file start with "<?php"? Are you trying to connect to your mysql database but the privileges in your mysql and what is in your php file don't match?

Here is the content of page534.php file -

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

In fact, when I try http://localhost/xampp/ then also I get the same error message. "Unable to connect".

From XAMPP console, I find this apache error message.
[Tue May 05 17:20:02.739844 2015] [ssl:warn] [pid 3516:tid 392] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name

I have the impression that I missed some initial configuration step during XAMPP installation. Any ideas? Thank you.

Problem solved by editing /etc/hosts file.

Locate the file in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
Uncomment the lines
127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost

Restart Windows. Restart XAMPP console.
I got warning message for certificate which I accepted for private computer.

After that I could get my simple php program to work.