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WAMP and XAMPP Show PHP Instead of Running It

I understand that this is a problem with many others and that this question has been asked before, but no matter what, nothing is working. In other situations, they get it eventually, but I've tried different versions of XAMPP and WAMP constantly and nothing works. Here's some things that I do know:

  • The documents I'm trying to run are in the "www" folder (WAMP) and "htdocs" folder (XAMPP). I'm using the default "test" pages that each program includes. This also means that they're not using the short PHP tags and they are PHP file types.

  • With WAMP, the icon turns green. I've had a problem in the past where it stayed yellow/orange, but I got it to go green. I also tried putting WAMP online, but that didn't make a difference.

  • Port 80 is not used. I changed Skype's settings to not use port 80. I also changed Apache's listening port to 81 temporarily, but no change.

  • Phpinfo() and localhost work on WAMP and XAMPP.

  • System Specs: Windows 7 64-Bit. (I've tried both 32-bit and 64-bit WAMP)

  • I tried it on my dad's laptop and that didn't work (Windows 7 32-bit). So it must not be something wrong with my computer?

  • Typing localhost/testmysql.php in the address bar shows this: "mysql_connet()" warning message. I'm not sure what that means, but since a default file is named "testmysql.php" in the "www" folder, this is odd.

If you have any questions, just leave a comment. I'm sure that if this problem gets solved, then any situation that anyone else has can look here and find a solution. Thanks for your help in advance.

Solution

  • Well, I didn't think I'd be able to come up with a solution, but this "kinda" works. Here's the thing:

    I'm using XAMPP now, and I create a PHP file of my own (with <?php echo "It works!"; ?>) and put it in the "htdocs" folder. When I double click on the file, it shows raw PHP code. However, if I type "localhost/test.php", it works fine.

    Now I'm not sure if the same thing works with WAMP because I uninstalled that before finding a solution. I find it a bit frustrating that I have to type location of the file in the address bar to get it started, but once I do, the links to other pages work fine.

    I hope you found this useful, guys. If you have a solution to allow the PHP to run when double clicking on the file in the "htdocs" folder, go ahead, I don't mind changing correct answers :)