total newb to localhost

[BluesJamJim]

Hello smart people...

I am a musician and not a sysAdmin or a RHCE,,,

I can design and put a site to a host, but now I find myself needing to test forms and other dynamic stuff. I tried CentOS but it would not load on my xp box, but XAMPP installed without a hitch...

So I am here, over my head, not knowing how to test my code. Apache and MySQL are started,, typing localhost gets me to the XAMPP page.

Where do I locate my "testSite" on my hdd, and do I use a fake domain name or??? I need a book or someone to point me in the right direction.

Thanks in advance for any replies,, BJJ

[JJ_Tagy]

Your test site is located in the xampp\htdocs folder. So assuming standard installation, http://localhost/index.php is equivalent to c:\xampp\htdocs\index.php

[BluesJamJim]

THANK YOU,, THANK YOU,, THANK YOU

I'll get busy now!