@scampsall
this message is a pretty good indicator that Apache is running:
Object not found!
The requested URL was not found on this server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again.
If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 404
localhost
11/26/2010 6:00:25 PM
Apache/2.2.14 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.14 OpenSSL/0.9.8l mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.3.1 mod_apreq2-20090110/2.7.1 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1
@ dutuktok
The best test for PHP is simply to go to the XAMPP page -
http://localhost/xamppit it works - PHP and Apache are working
That usually makes basic PHP debugging a matter of:
Short Open Tags - usually a blank page or 'text containing code'. - not the case here
404 errors - Either the page is NOT really named what you thought, or was placed in the wrong place.
If the XAMMP Page worts, since the PHP syntax is OK - the problem virtually has to be with the filename or its location.
A good way to check is to step arounf the Windows Explorer (that can hide file extensions). Open a Command Prompt at c:\xampp\htdocs and take a directory of the folder - see what's in the folder
Good Luck