Simple XAMPP Issue I think

[ZandarGlass]

My apologies if this is in the wrong section - I didn't see anything dedicated to xampp, or my noob question anyway.

 

I've installed XAMPP in c:/xampp, and wrote a very simple php file that just displays a line of text. I can't seem to get this file to display in /localhost/ environment. When I run it on my remote host, it runs fine, but  I want to use my localhost location, of course.

 

These are the folder structures:

 

C:/xammp/htdocs/webd/error.php
 

I'm loading the file in IE10 using:

 

http://localhost/webd/error.php
 

I get the following:
 

Server error!

The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request. Either the server is overloaded or there was an error in a CGI script.

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.

Error 500

localhost
Apache/2.4.4 (Win32) OpenSSL/0.9.8y PHP/5.4.19

I verified my Apache module is turned on and running in the XAMPP control panel (v3.2.1).

 

I can't get any php page to run on my localhost so whatever I'm doing it's global, I figure I installed xammp incorrectly or I'm not loading the file right.

 

I tried using variations like http://localhost/htdocs/webd/error.php, and even tried changing the filename to an html extension and tested it by opening it using C:/xampp/htdocs/webd/error.html and the file displays, so it's there, and I don't have some weird folder issue (as far as I can tell).

 

I'm pretty sure this is a basic issue, something that I'm doing or did that was dumb or I'm just being dense for some reason. Any help out there?
 

 

 

[ZandarGlass]

Through more  testing I have found that if I place a file (helloworld.php, etc.) in the root it works.

 

But any folder under the root fails.
 

This works:
http://localhost/hello.php

 

This does not work:

http://localhost/webd/hello.php

 

Sorry for being so confusing.

 

 

[Ch0cu3r]

This

 

Server error!

The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request. Either the server is overloaded or there was an error in a CGI script.

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.

Error 500

localhost
Apache/2.4.4 (Win32) OpenSSL/0.9.8y PHP/5.4.19

Means the http server encountered an error trying to run error.php

 

Check Apaches error logs for why you are getting that error (I think the error log is located in C:\XAMPP\Apache\logs\error.log). Look at the last line for most recent error messages. What is the error?

[ZandarGlass]

Thanks! I found the issue. When I made the last backup from my remote server I inadvertently included the .htaccess file. I removed that from my local folder and now it works fine. Now, on to the next problem ... for tomorrow!!
 

Thanks a ton! I reviewed the error.log and it mentioned the .htacess file, which didn't make any sense to me to be in my local copy I've been using for learning. I opened the .htaccess file and took a look and recalled the garbage I'd stuck in there, removed it, and everything is ok.

 

Thanks!