Run php on localhost

How To Run PHP Script Files On ‘localhost’

Running PHP on localhost address is the first thing you want to setup after installing Your Apache, PHP and MySQL (Usually with Xampp server.) This will give you a complete LAMP stack. So, from then on, how do you execute PHP files?

Below you will see some of the best videos explaining how to run PHP in browser on your localhost. It’s the fastest way to learn how to install Xampp and run PHP files on your localhost! Running PHP files in browser is actually quite simple.

All you need to do is add your PHP file to htdocs folder in the directory where your PHP server (such as Xampp) was installed.

### How to run PHP file on localhost (with XAMPP server) on a Mac

Running PHP in localhost on Mac is simple. Here’s how:

### How to install XAMPP to run PHP file on localhost on a Mac

How to install Xampp on Mac and run PHP on localhost in Safari, Firefox or Chrome browser (it doesn’t really matter!)

### How to run PHP file on localhost (with XAMPP server) on Windows

And here is how to make PHP run in localhost on Windows (7, 10 or 11)

If you have XAMPP installed on your local machine, you can run PHP scripts directly from the terminal. To do so, open the terminal and navigate to the folder where the script is located. Then, type «php» followed by the name of the script and press Enter. The script will run and you should see the output in the terminal.

### How To Run PHP File On Localhost In Browser With Xampp Server Here’s step by step instructions:

1. If you don’t have Xampp installed, go to Apache Friends and download the appropriate version for your operating system.

2. Once Xampp is installed, open the application and start the Apache server by clicking on the «Start» button next to it.

3. Now that the server is running, we can test it by creating a php file. Create a new file in your preferred text editor and save it as test.php in the htdocs folder located inside the Xampp folder (The htdocs directory will be located in Applications/Xampp/htdocs by default).

4. In your PHP file, type the following code:

5. Now open your browser and type localhost/test.php into the address bar. You should see the message «Hello, world!» print ed on the screen.

Congratulations, you’ve successfully run a php file on your local server!

### Another Simple PHP Example Program To Run On Your Localhost

Well that was way too simple!

In this next sample code we will write a new PHP function that adds two numbers.

return a + b; > $result = add(10, 20); print $result; ?>

Here we created a simple PHP function called add. It takes two arguments a and b.

After launching this PHP file in your browser you will see 30 displayed on the screen.

30 is the value that was generated by the PHP function add with arguments 10 and 20 , because in this simple example all it does is add up two numbers passed to the function.

In function definition code a and b are function’s parameters. Parameters are used as variable names. They are part of function definition.

But when we pass 10 and 20 via those parameter names into the function they are called arguments. Sometimes arguments can be referred to as parameters interchangeably.

PHP functions don’t always require parameters, the parameter list can be empty. Some functions are created to repeat a number of statements on existing data without particular input.

Go ahead and try passing different arguments to the function. Refresh the browser and you’ll see that the result of the function has changed!

So, that’s how you can run PHP scripts on your local machine using XAMPP. With a little bit of practice, you should be able to get your scripts up and running in no time.

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Run php on localhost

This web server is designed to aid application development. It may also be useful for testing purposes or for application demonstrations that are run in controlled environments. It is not intended to be a full-featured web server. It should not be used on a public network.

The CLI SAPI provides a built-in web server.

The web server runs only one single-threaded process, so PHP applications will stall if a request is blocked.

URI requests are served from the current working directory where PHP was started, unless the -t option is used to specify an explicit document root. If a URI request does not specify a file, then either index.php or index.html in the given directory are returned. If neither file exists, the lookup for index.php and index.html will be continued in the parent directory and so on until one is found or the document root has been reached. If an index.php or index.html is found, it is returned and $_SERVER[‘PATH_INFO’] is set to the trailing part of the URI. Otherwise a 404 response code is returned.

If a PHP file is given on the command line when the web server is started it is treated as a «router» script. The script is run at the start of each HTTP request. If this script returns false , then the requested resource is returned as-is. Otherwise the script’s output is returned to the browser.

Standard MIME types are returned for files with extensions: .3gp, .apk, .avi, .bmp, .css, .csv, .doc, .docx, .flac, .gif, .gz, .gzip, .htm, .html, .ics, .jpe, .jpeg, .jpg, .js, .kml, .kmz, .m4a, .mov, .mp3, .mp4, .mpeg, .mpg, .odp, .ods, .odt, .oga, .ogg, .ogv, .pdf, .pdf, .png, .pps, .pptx, .qt, .svg, .swf, .tar, .text, .tif, .txt, .wav, .webm, .wmv, .xls, .xlsx, .xml, .xsl, .xsd, and .zip.

$ cd ~/public_html $ php -S localhost:8000

 $result = add(10, 20); print $result; ?>