Need Help with XAMPP

[homemaid]

I have downloaded this program and when I click on the link to start adding inventory I just get a page with ITWORKS! I have checked through the directions and redone this whole process several times. I have checked and the files seem to be where they are suppose to be Can Anyone HELP ????

[Nevada]

Originally Posted by homemaid

I have downloaded this program and when I click on the link to start adding inventory I just get a page with ITWORKS! I have checked through the directions and redone this whole process several times. I have checked and the files seem to be where they are suppose to be Can Anyone HELP ????

Adding inventory? You mean you are trying to copy your web content up to the root web directory, or are you trying to load data into a mysql database?

With XAMPP for Windows the default web content directory is usually c:\xampp\htdocs\

If you are trying to load your inventory info into a database, it's possible to do that manually with phpmyadmin, which is included with XAMPP, but it's a poor interface. More often people design a web application that stores & retrieves the information.

[homemaid]

I found this program to keep track of inventory. So I downloaded xampp then I downloaded the PMIV2 files I unzipped them and put them into the c:\xampp\htdocs\ folder and I cannot get the program to work for me at all. I just get a page that says IT WORKS!!!!!

[Nevada]

Originally Posted by homemaid

I found this program to keep track of inventory. So I downloaded xampp then I downloaded the PMIV2 files I unzipped them and put them into the c:\xampp\htdocs\ folder and I cannot get the program to work for me at all. I just get a page that says IT WORKS!!!!!

Evidently you don't have a default page included with the inventory application in the htdocs directory, since all you are seeing is the default "it works" page that comes with XAMPP. The default page is normally one of these.

index.html
index.htm
index.php
welcome.html
welcome.htm

What is the name of the inventory application?

[homemaid]

Thank you so much for your help I believe I have got it going now... Thank you again

[homemaid]

I can inventory with the link localhost/addinven.php but from that page if I click on the home page I still get IT WORKS!!!! What in the world am I doing wrong here.....

[Nevada]

Originally Posted by homemaid

I can inventory with the link localhost/addinven.php but from that page if I click on the home page I still get IT WORKS!!!! What in the world am I doing wrong here.....

Try renaming the current default page (probably index.html or index.htm) to sometjing like index.old. You can check to make sure it's the "it works" page before you rename it by double clicking on it.

Once that default page file is renamed, try renaming the addinven.php page to index.php.

[homemaid]

Not sure how to do all of that but I will try Thanks!!

[Nevada]

Originally Posted by homemaid

Not sure how to do all of that but I will try Thanks!!

To rename a file in Windows, right-click on the file and select "rename".

[Kari]

Originally Posted by homemaid

I can inventory with the link localhost/addinven.php but from that page if I click on the home page I still get IT WORKS!!!! What in the world am I doing wrong here.....

Xampp is great compilation of programs and I have used it for years.

When you install any files they should not be in the htdocs folder, rather the files should be in c:\xampp\htdocs\myapp folder. Obviously myapp is just an example and can be named whatever you want.

Once these files are installed and assuming you are running xampp on your local pc, in your browser navigate to http://localhost/myapp/index.html (or index.htm, index.php etc).