Xampp for windows

[tabath]

I hope this is in the right place as this is my first post. I have done no php before and have just downloaded and installed Xampp . I know any php scripts you right need to go in the web directory but when you are devoloping locally with Xampp were should they be placed so they can be run via a firefox browser. I have tried http://127.0.0.1/Xampp/name.php and other variations. Any help please would be much appreciated

[NogDog]

There should be a "htdocs" directory beneath the "XAMPP" directory. Place any files in the htdocs directory or any sub-directory you'd like to create beneath it. When accessing from your browser, specify a link like: http://localhost/file.php (if it's in the htdocs directory) or http://localhost/subdirectory/file.php (if it's in a subdirectory of htdocs).

[mnceo]

I have used Xamp before and inside your xamp folder, there should be a 'www' folder. thats where your files are to be placed. then you may goto http://127.0.0.1/filename.php. If you are using the software to create a web server for your site and no one can get to your site ex. http://your-ip-address, i reccomend you goto your apache folder, goto conf folder and find httpd. find #listen and under that if you dont see 127.0.0.1:80.. put 127.0.0.1:100. I use port 100 for my server because the isps dont allow me to use port 80.

on my side, using port 100 it would be http://127.0.0.1:100 then on the client side it would be http://my-ip-address:100. You can goto http://no-ip.org and do a port 80 redirection and set the port to 100 so your sub-domain can be http://you.no-ip.org then you can goto my.dot.tk and create a domain so it can be http://you.tk, unless you have a domain then you can forgett the above section.

I use a server software called appServ. In my opinion this is one of the best software to use, just beware, the mail(); function dont work, but with appServ, you get the latest version of apache, php5, mysql 5 and the latest version of phpmyadmin.

good luck and if you have any questions you may email me at [e-mail] and i will try to help you furthur.