Problems when installing Xampp. Some help please

[leglez]

Ok I am trying to learn PHP. I just downloaded and installed Xampp, so that I could test my scripts. But after installation I go to D:/xampp/htdocs and run index.php. And I get the following: Something is wrong with the XAMPP installation :-(

I ran xampp-portcheck and here are the results:

Service - Port - Status
Apache (HTTP) - 80 - C:\Program Files\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe
Apache (WebDAV) - 81 - free
Apache (HTTPS) - 443 - C:\Program Files\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe

MySQL - 3306 - free

FileZilla (FTP) - 21 - free
FileZilla (Admin) - 14147 - free

Mercury (SMTP) - 25 - free
Mercury (POP3) - 110 - free
Mercury (IMAP) - 143 - free

Also when I go to http://localhost I just get a blank page

Anyone know whats wrong? Is there a log file anywhere that I could check?

 

[leglez]

Bump anyone know?

 

[Albatross]

index.php has that message by default.i have the same message but when i go localhost it works.
try xampp restart.exe,in the main folder

 

[skrilla]

I never could get xampp to work with Windows. Installed it on linux and it worked like a charm right off the bat.

 

[leglez]

Ok xampp_restart.exe worked I can now go to localhost. Thanks for the help

 

[kamper]

Originally posted by: skrilla
I never could get xampp to work with Windows. Installed it on linux and it worked like a charm right off the bat.

Ok, sorry for the off topic, but why would anybody use a package like this on linux? On almost any distro something like "<pkgmgr> install php-mysql mysql-server" should get you the whole deal in one fell swoop plus it should be properly adjusted by the distro maintainers.