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Question

First things first, when I open and run XAMPP this shows up

The issue is, when I try and open a .php file it doesn't work it simply just shows the code WITHIN the php file, the php itself does not work.

I have downloaded and uninstalled XAMPP 3 times today.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

This is a rookie mistake, Make sure the URL says localhost/index.php and not file:///C:/...