1) I successfully installed xampp using the installer
2) I added passwords to MySQL and XAMPP Dir -- not sure if I need to change the ini file
3) I have both Apache and MySQL Running in Control Panel
4) I get the Welcome page when I click on Admin
5) I saved the following code as test.pdf file in htdocs
<html>
<body>
My first try at PHP
<?php
print "hello, world";
phpinfo();
?>
</body>
</html>
6) I tried executing the code via IE7 as follows:
http://localhost/test.php
7) I change the name of the file to test.html and it displays "My first try at PHP
not sure what needs to be done to get it to work--any help would be appreciated--Thanks