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[Maccabee]

Theres probably other threads like this but how do I get xampp to work? And I'm not trying to setup a web server. Just a local host to test out my php websites cause I dont want to have to do it all on the server.

I just want to be able to take the whole site off the server ans run it on my computr until im ready to go live. Links or tutorials would be great.

[Maccabee]

ive tried. and cj i dont want a webserver. Like i dont want to a ip address on the web. Basically a better question would have been how can I run php files on my computer? Not on the server. I have googled everywhere but I havent even found instructions on where you put files.

[mipadi]

ive tried. and cj i dont want a webserver. Like i dont want to a ip address on the web. Basically a better question would have been how can I run php files on my computer? Not on the server. I have googled everywhere but I havent even found instructions on where you put files.

I think on Apache, the "root" directory is in /var/www/htdocs or something like that (someone else can correct me if I'm wrong. You basically put the files you want to serve in that root directory, fire up the web server, open a browser window, and go to http://localhost to interact with your website.

If you want to use PHP, you may have to enable/setup PHP (don't think Apache does that by default), although if you installed a distribution like XAMPP, it's probably already set up.

(P.S. If you're using Windows, I don't know what your root directory for Apache is.)