Hello everyone,
Thanks for deciding to help me with this. I'm very new to installing/working with databases. For the past couple hours, I've been trying to install XAMPP on my machine. I've posted my problems on another forum and the people there, after trying to help me, recommended I use "the XAMPP forum". This looks like a good place to ask for some help . Apache seems to install correctly, as does MySQL. I'm not concerned with Perl right now. The problem lies with PHP. Because of the conversations I've been a part of before, I am going to go overboard and completely idiot-proof this to the best of my ability; I hope you guys don't mind if I spell it out. It's a reflection of my problems, not the intelligence of anyone else.
Here is my story:
1) I downloaded and scanned xampp-win32-1.7.2.exe onto my Windows XP SP2 machine.
2) I then ran the file, switching from default C:\ to D:\, so filepath is D:\xampp. This is necessary on my machine.
3) I selected add shortcuts to the startmenu/desktop with choice y.
4) Next, still in cmd, was this message:
Should I locate the XAMPP paths correctly?
Should I proceed? <y/x=exit setup>: and I answered y.
5) Next, still in cmd, was this message:
Should I make a portable XAMPP without drive letters?
NOTE: - You should use drive letters, if you want use services.
- With USB sticks you must not use drive letters.
Your choice? <y/n>: and I answered n.
Then cmd said XAMPP is ready to use.
6) I confirmed my timezone and then entered x to exit.
7) In the start menu, I selected XAMPP Control Panel, then started Apache and MySQL. Pressing the Admin buttons next to each returns a positive result.
There is a folder called D:\xampp\htdocs, which contains two files and one folder. They are index.html, index.php, and xampp.
Opening the .html file automatically uses FireFox and shows me a page with the text It works!.
Opening the .php file asks me to select a program from a list. I chose FireFox and got shown a page with the text Something is wrong with the XAMPP installation .
I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, and I keep getting the same results. If it's a file I have to modify, please give me an absolute filepath because there is too much going on for me to make any sense of this.
Thanks!