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Asked: 2026-06-16T01:40:18+00:00

so I have my PHP file (it all works fine the php side of

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so I have my PHP file (it all works fine the php side of it I know this for a fact) located in xampp’s htdocs ‘contact.php’

so In my webpage I have it linked up to there “http://localhost/contact.php” however when I press the button and it runs the php i get “Not Found

HTTP Error 404. The requested resource is not found.”

am I linking it wrong? have I put it in the wrong folder (should I put it in the php www folder / how do I link that up?)

I have placed it in the www folder and am having problems still – I am unsure of how to correctly link it to the php www folder.

it is for a contact form – so my action is <form method="POST" action="http://localhost/contact.php">

my contact.html is as follows.

<div id="contact_form">
            <h4>Send us a message now!</h4>
<form method="POST" action="contact.php">
Fields marked (*) are required

<p>Email From:* <br>
<input type="text" name="EmailFrom">
 <p>Name:* <br>
<input type="text" name="Name">
<p>Email:* <br>
<input type="text" name="Email">
<p>Phone:* <br>
<input type="text" name="Phone">
<p>Message:<br>
<textarea name="Message"></textarea>
 <p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
<p>
        </div>
    </div>
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  1. Editorial Team

    Possible problems

    1. Either, your contact.php would be in different directory.

    2. You are trying to access with WRONG URL, i mean path.

    3. You would have changed your port number to other. Check your Port Number, when you are accessing your main page (i.e. index.php or whatever).

    Suggestion

    If your index.php and contact.php are in same directory i.e. myproject. Then, it’s better to specify only contact.php rather than whole URL.

    Don’t

    <form method="POST" action="http://localhost/contact.php">

    Do

    <form method="POST" action="contact.php">

    Note : Always use relative URL instead of actual URL.

    UPDATE

    When you clicked on SUBMIT button, then check your current URL path, whether it is changed to contact.php or not ?? I mean, it must localhost/contact.html to localhost/contact.php And I believe, It must. Since, form is a part of html, which means it doesn’t matter whether your server is running or not. But, yes, if your contact.php would be in different directory. Then your problem still persist.

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