the localhost on apache server doesn't work!

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hey people i just write here and have a big problem

i downloaded php5 for windows also apache 2.2 for windows

installed php5 then apache 2.2 then configured the apache 2.2.
(httpd.conf) by embedding php5 module into this conf file

after that apache server worked ! i mean i started
but when i enter http://localhost on the browser
it just tries to fill the bar but page doesn't open.

WHY ? WHY CAN'T I OPEN LOCALHOST?

 

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What happens when you ping localhost?

 

There is more to the conf file than just adding php.

You need to set quite a few things. However, you don't say what you *have* set so it is somewhat hard to suggest what is missing.

What does the log file show?

Harry.

 

i can ping localhost succesfully!

but in browser nothing goes right!

 

error log file is just ok ! no problem is available in there

 

Xampp is a good program and does PHP, MySQL and Apache

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

just a suggestion...

 

no ! it just tries to fill the bar and stops when it came to half of the bar IN INTERNET EXPLORER

it never opens IN FIREFOX

AND I USE ZONE ALARM INTERNET SECURITY SUITE

 

Switch off ZA and try again. ZA *should* allow localhost, but I always try with this sort of thing switched off when there are problems.

And you didn't answer my question as to what you configured in the httpd.conf.

Harry.

 

I TELL ALL THINGS FROM BEGINNING

i downloaded apache 5.2.4 windows binary from apache site
then i downloaded php5 wndows binary from php.net site.

after these

i extracted php5 zip package into F:/php5

also i created a folder for php files F:/www

then i installed apache server

it asked me three things

i gave names : first localdomain second : test.localdomain
third : this was the email

and then i changed php5.ini-recomended to php.ini
then went to configure apache server i mean
httpd.conf file

here is the httpd.conf file content

View attachment This is the main Apache HTTP server configuration file.doc


in this file i only changed directory and documentroot
line paths to "F:/www"

THATS ALL BUT LOCALHOST DOESN'T WORK
ALSO NO ERROR MESSAGES ARE AVAILABLE

 

You've changed the docroot but there is no web site there yet, therefore you may well see nothing ! Theres nothing for the server to serve ! Sometimes in debug mode the server may show you a default test page, i'm not sure what apache does in this instance, its quite possible it does nothing.

You need to configure a default page for the domain and put it in the docroot path somewhere.

If you don't know what you're doing you should take it one step at a time and read as much as you can, then test all your assumptions, in this case test everythings working as you go along, not do five steps and complain when it breaks !

Daves little fable, at the risk of pi$$ing everyone one off, heres a story from my youth...

I studied programming with this one guy at college, he wanted help with his assembler homework that didn't work, I told him to start small, get it working and then build on that. He said no, he already had 500 lines of broken assembler, it didn't work but he didn't want to lose it, so he just kept adding to it, learning nothing and ending up with a slightly larger non working program !

Theres a debugging method called the 'American' debugging method, basically it states that if you can rewrite a faulty routine without bugs in less time than it takes to debug it that you should do it, now life's a little more complex than that, but its always worth considering...

 

What you need right now is something you don't have to configure. The following link is to a one-click install for an entire working site with Apache, PHP, and MySQL. This is a product called XAMPP that is put out by a group called "Friends of Apache". Be aware that this will be a wide open server install. Nothing is locked down, so it is very hackable. You don't want to expose a site set up with this to the web until you learn about how to lock apache down, but this ought to get you up and running immediately.

Just uninstall apache and php5 and download and install this package. It is fully configured to work by default.

XAMPP

 

Gee, I am gettin DeJa Vu ? Maybe if you listened the first time...

 

LOL. I didn't see your post on that, or would have just recommended he take your advice rather than posting another link to it.

 

Sorry, it was CSX's post, I can't take the credit !