php not showing up in xampp

[Isador]

New to xampp.
Installed 7.1.11, windows version, on Win7Pro 64-bit.
php not showing up. Thought it was supposed to be included......
Need insights.
Thanks in advance.

[Nobbie]

php not showing up. Thought it was supposed to be included......

What do you mean by "not showing up"? PHP is part of Apache and needs not to be started separately. After installation and after starting Apache and MySQL, enter http://localhost into your browser. If you see a Welcome screen (callled "dashboard") everything is fine. You can click in the upper right on "PhpInfo" which brings up a technical information based on PHP.

[Isador]

Now you're getting it!
When I go to http://localhost, it returns page not found. There are diagnostic links, and one comes back that php is not working. (And yes, I know what "dashboard" means.....)

[Altrea]

Is Apache started successfully?
Did you change anything since installation like the default port settings?

[Nobbie]

Now you're getting it!
When I go to http://localhost, it returns page not found. There are diagnostic links, and one comes back that php is not working. (And yes, I know what "dashboard" means.....)

I would understand "Server not found", but "Page not found" is extremely strange. Did you change anything? Is it a fresh and clean install? And did Apache start correctly in your Xampp Controlbox?

[helcio]

i had the same issue, solved it by accessing the localhost using the port, so you have the type on the URL localhost:8080. Hope it helps you.