Well, dotted the I's and crossed the t's (even dotted the t's and crossed the eyes-getting cross eyed- to be sure) HONEST, no error messages that u speak of, everything was ok until I created the dbtest file, think that's the problem (something that simple) I'm not doing that right...tried creating it different ways, sometimes it turns into a wordpad file, even tho I make it in notepad, but when it is a notepad file called dbtest.php, I get that 'page cannot be displayed' message, like I didn't make it rite...don't worry, I will try to call a friend out of hibernation to help (but will sure let you know what I did wrong) can't expect you to keep holding my hand lol

[client 127.0.0.1] script 'C:/www/dbtest.php' not found or unable to stat, referer: http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread26579.html

I'm baa-aaack ha ha..well, could only get the advice to use php4.3.11 for some reason. And I tried to install that using your super guide but don't know what the adjustments would be...could you be so kind again, would sure appreciate it!! thanx

I work with Linux for my webserver needs--not Windows. I only created that HOWTO to help newbies because I had a friend needing to set this stuff up on Windows. I've used my HOWTO twice on 2 seperate machines (XP Home and XP Pro), and I've had 2 friends use it and report back they had no problems and everything worked well. So I know the instructions are good, and have proven successful on at least 4 different Windows XP machines. I think you are missing something fundamental, and from your posts, I cannot tell what that thing is. I don't think going a different direction is going to solve your fundamental issue. (i.e. I don't think going PHP4.3 is going to make this all work for you.)

I wish I had more to offer you at this point. I can offer you personal assistance, but I charge a small fee. What I've done in the past for people is setup a Windows Remote Assistance session. This allows me to remote control your computer and you can watch what I do. I can set this stuff up for you. It would take about 30 minutes total. PM me if you want to discuss this option. Please post additional questions here in the forums and myself and others will do our best to help.

I hear ya, you have gone 'above and beyond', lol, when I get this figured out, will post my 'mistakes' for other hard case noobs like me to learn from....or I will end up picking door number 2 (the option you mentioned lol) have a great summer Troy! *here's the scary part- when I can do it on Windows, then I will try it with Linux...just for fun aaaahhhhhhhhhhhh)

Hi y'all,
I am able to view localhost page and now I wanted to set up my website on my Apache server. I have a domaine name and IP address. where in httpd file should I make the changes so I can access my site from the outside world?
thanks

cider_or, this is a new discussion, so you should have started your own, new thread rather than tacking onto someone else's discussion. But to help you anyway...

Unless you are doing Virtual Hosting, you don't have to put your domain name in your Apache conf file, although you probably want to. You "have a domain name"...what do you mean by this? Did you register it with a service like GoDaddy or Network Solutions? Now you need a DNS server to provide the "zone" for your domain. You can setup your own DNS server, but you'd better KNOW what you are doing! You'll probably need to use a DNS service such as http://www.dyndns.org/. This allows you to associate your domain name with your public IP.

You said you "have an IP addres". Do you mean your ISP has assigned a static, public IP Address to your router? If so, great! You'll need to configure your router to send TCP port 80 traffic to your web server inside your network. Maybe you already understand this part of the equation.

Hey, just figured you all deserved an update, since you spent so much time helping me (even tho this is a month later yikes)...I just wanted to get on with learning/practicing php etc. and have a web serve set up to play on so....I CHEATED for now and just used NetServer to install everything (and that was even hard enough for ME lol).So I'll be checking out the other forums on php etc. thanx for all the help