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I am trying to execute a simple php file called tester:

<!DOCTYPE html>

<body>

<?php 
echo '<p>Hello World</p>'

?>

</body>

However, whenever I activate the localhost, the file is downloaded onto my computer instead of executed. I do not know why this is. I have PHP version 5.6.30. I am running Apache on XAMPP as an administrator. My htaccess file has just this single line: AddType application/x-httpd-php .php.

Things that I tried and did not work:

  • I tried uninstalling and reinstalling XAMPP
  • I tried changing AddType application/x-httpd-php .php to AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .php and AddHandler application/x-httpd-php52 .php respectively
  • I tried moving the htaccess file from the root of the folder into the views, where the html is, as seen below: Before:
folder
  |----views
  |      |
  |    main.html       
.htacces

After:

folder
  |
  |-views
       |
     main.html
     .htaccess

How can I solve this problem?

halfer
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The .htaccess file should not be required for allowing Apache to understand PHP files if accessing the files via direct link.

Do you literally have a file called “tester”? (no extension?) XAMPP works correctly out of the box for .php files so that could be the problem. Also, please use latest versions (php7.4) if not providing backwards compatible updates, which I’m guessing you’re not.

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