How to open .php files?

Asked By tomsanders 200 points N/A Posted on - 04/21/2011

I got a cd from a college friend of mine who said it contains his ideas for a profit making website, but it is full of files with the extension .php, how do I open these files on my computer?

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Answered By davesavage 5 points N/A #86880

How to open .php files?

To view .php files on your computer, which I am assuming is a PC, you need to install a web server, I would suggest the Apache web server, because it is free and readily available, you can download this at http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/apache/ and then install PHP which is also free at https://www.php.net/downloads.php, once installed, you can then copy the files to the .httdocs folder in the install directory of Apache and you should be able to open the files.

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Answered By tomsanders 200 points N/A #86881

How to open .php files?

Ok, tried that, not having lot of luck still, I think php is not installing correctly, Apache works fine, I opened the test page included in the install package, that worked, but I still cannot open the php files even after copying to httdocs directory, any ideas? My PC runs windows 7.

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Answered By michaelpeters 0 points N/A #86883

How to open .php files?

If you are having problems with installing those Tom, try Xampp, its a web server and php engine, MySQl database and PERL engine bundled into one, its much more straightforward and easier to install than installing each component one at a time, their webpage is:  https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html.  try and install to your drive root e.g. c:xampp instead of to the programs director, once installed, copy your file to the httdoc directory in your install folder (e.g. c:xampp) and you should be able to open the files.

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