I appreciate your comments, but I still don't understand. If I have a file
called C:\PHP\phpinfo.php and I have apache server running on my PC (I did
install it with localhost and the service is running), what do I have to do
to see the results fo the script in a browser?

Thanks again,

Mark


"roN" <NOspam@example.com> wrote in message
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> Markosoft wrote:
>
>> I am an applications software developer of many years, but I am only now
>> getting into web development with PHP. I have a beginning PHP book, I
>> have downloaded and installed Apache Server and PHP and I have created my
>> first
>> "Hello World" php script. Now, according to my book I should simply
>> place
>> it into "any web-accessible directory" and call it with something like
>> "http://www.example.com/pmnp/1/phpinfo.php".
>>
>> Okay, I must have missed something or I am an absolute total idiot,
>> because somehow I can't seem to find out anywhere how to create/declare a
>> web-accessible directory or where that path is defined. I am sure this
>> must be a no-brainer to anyone who has ever used PHP, but please consider
>> that I do not come from this domain and could really use a simple
>> paragraph that speaks to this.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>
> Hey, what you're looking for is a webspace. But you don't really need that
> if you don't want to publish your scripts to the public in the inet. You
> can do everything locally on your local Webserver (Apache).
>
> --
> chEErs roN
>
> I'm root, I'm allowed to do this! ;)
> keep on rockin'