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Accessing local host / reading php files - WINDOWS MAMP

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?

Solution

  • 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.