Re: Cannot run http://localhost/hello.php or http://127.0.0.1/hello.php

Hello, Just a guess, but I think you may be missing a definition for your document root in your web server configuration. There's usually a default one in the original config file, but you'll need to edit it to point to your C:\xampp directory. - Dave On Jun 23, 2015 7:01 PM, "Purandar Sarmah" <puransarmah@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am new to PHP and also never installed Web Server in my PC. My PC has > Windows 7 Professional 64 bit Operating System. To test PHP, I am following > http://php.net/manual/en/tutorial.php and followed the > instructions to > install the package containing PHP, Apache Web Server. > > I installed the software in C:\xampp folder. This folder contains all the > sub folders including C:\xampp\php. I can start/stop Web Server using GUI > for XAMPP Control Panel v3.2.1. The "php.ini" file exists in C:\xampp\php > folder. The version of PHP is 5.6.8. > > I tried http://localhost/hello.php placing the file in C:\xampp > or > C:\xampp\php or C:\xampp\apache or C:\xampp\htdocs folder. But each time, I > get the following error. > > I followed the installation instruction thoroughly and did not recall > seeing any failure or error messages. I followed Readme file and your FAQ. > So far have not been able to resolve the issue. > > Any help to resolve the issue will be greatly appreicaited. > > Thank you. > > 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 > <postmaster@localhost>. > Error 404 localhost > Apache/2.4.12 (Win32) OpenSSL/1.0.1l PHP/5.6.8 > *puran* >