Question

I have my xampp instalation up and running.
I have a php file with just

<?php
echo"Hello World";
?>

This I can see in my browser when I place it inside C:\xampp\htdocs

But if I place it inside C:\xampp\htdocs\myfolder I get an error 500 server not found.

What’s wrong with putting my file inside myfolder? Is that because of Vista? Any advice?

Thanks a lot

Answer 1

First off I’d try restarting Xampp services via the Xampp Control Panel (especially Apache). If the problem is still there check xampp\apache\logs for errors. Depending on how familiar you are with Xampp I’d check to make sure the Apache service is running (Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services), restart it manually and test again.

I’m pretty sure I’ve had a similar issue to this in the past with Xampp when my computer crashed while Apache was running, which I think I only managed to solve by reinstalling Xampp though. Good luck