[165]

I installed apache a few times and it didn't seem to be working. One of the times I manually deleted the files, i'm thinking perhaps that could have done some damage.

Yesterday i installed Xampp and apache and php doesn't work. (mysql works.) I made an echo statement and my browser didn't process it.

Could something be wrong with my browser perhaps?

How do I go about figuring out what's the problem?

[ehymel]

Is the apache service running? Have you configured apache for your site? Have you configured apache to recognize .php files?

[165]

I'm using apache as a local service on my pc for learning. I start the apache service from xampp but when I type in http:\\localhost or whatever it is that says in the book (i don't have it in front of me now),
or i click on status in the xampp for apache, Firefox just goes and goes and never loads.

[ehymel]

Do you have a firewall on your pc?

[colinsp]

Do you have Skype running on your PC? If so turn it off whilst using Xampp.

[165]

No skype.

It seems that there was a problem with my Firefox, I put http://localhost/xampp/ in ie8 and i was able to see the info.

But when i insert an php echo tag IE doesn't process it.

[165]

I disabled my firewall.

How do i figure why php is not working? Or maybe it's apache?

[Chipzzz]

The answer is probably in your httpd.conf file. Here's an article that contains good info about configuring php with xampp: http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/php/conf...t-windows.html