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Asked: 2026-05-31T19:05:53+00:00

I’m a total noob trying to create a website with PHP. I created a

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I’m a total noob trying to create a website with PHP. I created a small test page that I want to use as the foundation of my grandiose project. I’m having a problem getting my page to display on my browser.

This is my PHP document:

<HTML>   
<HEAD>  
<TITLE>Hello</TITLE>  
</HEAD>   
<BODY>    
<?php echo 'Hello' ?>   
</BODY>   
</HTML>

I have copies of this PHP document saved as all of the following names:

index.php  
index.htm  
index.html

I have all three of these documents saved in the following two locations:

C:/Apache2/htdocs  
C:/My Documents/My Website

This is what’s in my httpd.conf:

.   
.   
.   
DocumentRoot "C:/Apache2/htdocs"   
.   
.   
.   
UserDir "My Documents/My Website"   
.   
.   
.

When I type localhost in my browser, I get:

WinLAMP, she installed successfully.

What do I need to do to get my test page to display when I type localhost in my browser?

Thanks!

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  1. Editorial Team

    First, Make sure your apache server is on and running, it looks like you may have that part already if WinLamp is giving you a successful install message but just double check, I’m using a MAC as a server so I don’t use WinLamp. Next dial into your localhost and “/” into your .php doc.

    i.e.
    http://localhost:8800/index.php

    ** 8800 is the port number I’m using, it could be different for you.

    You also need to have PHP installed.

    Good Luck

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