Unable To Get Hello World To Work

[mke48]

I just installed WAMPserver 32 bit and php 5.4. I see it has the green symbol on my system tray, and if I put my mouse over it, it says 'wampserver - server offline'

 

I created a helloworld.php file, just like mentioned at this guide:

http://www.wikihow.com/Write-PHP-Scripts

 

but the webpage says

"not found:

The requested URL /helloworld.php was not found on this server."

 

anyone know what the problem is?

[Jessica]

If the server is offline, you need to start it up. ...

in your programs menu there should be a big Start Wampserver. Or right click on the w and choose the start/restart/whatever looks right.

 

Then go to http://localhost/helloworld.php

The file should be in /wamp/www/

Edited October 2, 2012 by Jessica

[JLT]

On the link given, I also notice that there are random <br />'s in the code snippets when they are intended to be an actual new line.

<?php<br />echo "Hello World!";
?>

should be...

<?php
echo "Hello World!";
?>