Accessing local host / reading php files - WINDOWS MAMP

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So I am very new to this all but I want to learn. I have downloaded MAMP for windows, and ran it. It greenlights mysql and apache. I thought at this point I would have able to open .php files locally and get a desired display but instead it still shows up as hard code. Am I skipping steps?

`MAMP` for MS-Windows? Has the world gone totally nuts? EDIT: ok, seems this really exists. _Why? Just why?_. — arkascha, Apr 08 '17 at 19:53
Lol I was waiting for that response. So anyway yes. It exists and I have it. Should I just... you know... not have it. and have something else? Or try to get this to work anyway. — Wynx, Apr 08 '17 at 19:57
I am afraid with that little information you gave no one will be able to help. You ask: "Am I skipping steps?"... But you do not say at all what steps you performed... — arkascha, Apr 08 '17 at 19:58
My suggestion: 1. look into your apache http servers error log file (which you have to monitor constantly anyway when implementing php in a web environment) and 2. check your apache http servers php configuration. — arkascha, Apr 08 '17 at 19:59
running as `http://localhost` or as `file:///`? big difference here @Wynx `.php` or `.html`? — Funk Forty Niner, Apr 08 '17 at 19:59
@Fred-ii- As always: a very good idea ;-) Though the term "running" cringles my toe nails... — arkascha, Apr 08 '17 at 20:00
@arkascha having a green light everywhere is fine but we don't know what they're doing as I pointed out in my earlier comment. — Funk Forty Niner, Apr 08 '17 at 20:01
@Fred-ii- Absolutely correct. Though I still wonder why green lights are so important when operating server side logic... Maybe just to make people think they are the ones with the green light sabers... — arkascha, Apr 08 '17 at 20:02
In my mamp preferences, on the web server tab, it says document root: C:\MAMP\htdocs. — Wynx, Apr 08 '17 at 20:02
@Wynx that's what I thought and I closed the question with a duplicate for it. — Funk Forty Niner, Apr 08 '17 at 20:02
@arkascha yeah I know. colors can be deceiving ;-) it's how we perceive that sets them apart. — Funk Forty Niner, Apr 08 '17 at 20:04
@arkascha which is what I meant; you read between those lines quite well ;-) — Funk Forty Niner, Apr 08 '17 at 20:05
@Fred-ii- Hm, sorry, Sir, you apparently confuse me with someone else. I do not know how to read. — arkascha, Apr 08 '17 at 20:05

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 08 '17 at 20:02

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You have to put your php project's folder or simple php files inside

C:\mamp\htdocs\your_project_folder

or single file program

C:\mamp\htdocs\simple_program.php

and start the Apache Server using MAMP Control Panel

In Browser visit:

For Full Project

localhost/your_project_folder/index[.php, .html]

or for simple single file php programs located at htdocs\your_program.php

localhost/your_program.php

You can put PHP or HTML files inside htdocs folder ans then you can access them by localhost.

answered Apr 08 '17 at 20:02

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Thank you! This is what I was looking for. – Wynx Apr 08 '17 at 20:05
Glad It was useful. – Hiren Apr 08 '17 at 20:07

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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This might happen due to several reasons, you should check this answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/5121589/7838027

edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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answered Apr 08 '17 at 20:01

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This is not an answer. It should have been a comment. – arkascha Apr 08 '17 at 20:03
or flagged as a duplicate – Funk Forty Niner Apr 08 '17 at 20:04
@arkascha I can't put comments to question for some reason, maybe because I am a new member :/ – Оzgur Apr 08 '17 at 20:04

Accessing local host / reading php files - WINDOWS MAMP

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