Posted by shimmyshack on 05/11/07 16:50

On 11 May, 17:37, "r.g." <rohi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Recently, my PHP (5, as installed by the XAMPP package) stopped
> working, and won't let me run locally-served PHP files in my web
> browsers.
>
> I think (but I'm not sure) that the Apache web server is running
> properly, but whenever I try to open a PHP file (for instance, by
> openinghttp://localhost, which should take me to the XAMPP start/
> admin page, index.php), my browsers are unable to run it, and only
> prompt me to open or save it. If I chose open, the same prompt
> repeats.
>
> Any ideas? I thought one possibility might be that I upgraded my
> installation of McAfee Virus Scan recently, which I've heard can cause
> problems with Apache.
>
> Does this seem to be a problem with PHP, Apache, or both? Does this
> sound like a possible symptom of the VirusScan issue?
>
> Thanks very much for any insight you can provide.

what have you done to try to get it working?
turn off the likely suspects: firewall/anti-v
check your xampp install, upgrade/reinstall it
post back

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