Problems getting Wampserver and PHP to work

[chownsy]

Hello all. Been away from working on my website for some time now but I have decieded now that I have a job which will start 1st October that I should get the site finished off. Im intending on coding a email form for the site but seem to be stuck installing and working with Wampserver and PHP-5.4.6. Wampserver says put PHP files into my \wamp\www location but when I do it does nothing and wampserver just stays offline and when going to localhost it goes oops nothing there on google chrome Please help as I know I need PHP installed before I can attempt to learn to code it. Its got to be something silly im doing but I cannot see it Thanks for taking the time to read this post. Richard

[birbal]

you must start the server before you use it.

[niche]

You also, might uninstall/reinstall your your wamp if starting/restarting doesn't work.

[chownsy]

Got it to work now, comes up saying ForbiddenYou don't have permission to access / on this server. Is that because I have just installed PHP and nothing more?

[niche]

reinstalling is looking better especially since it's been awhile since you used it.

[chownsy]

Okay it seems to be working, PHP is all installed on wampserver and its online but still when i go to localhost or phpmyadmin it says missing link. Is that because I need to put the whole of my website into the www folder of Wampserver and then work with PHP as like a normal HTML page. I read the tutorial on installing PHP and it never mentions if you need all your own website on the server for it to work and wampserver mentions nothing either. I put the website on there anyway but didnt know if was in the right location. Also Im running it on a D drive instead of the regular C drive as C drive is my gaming SSD drive not my storage and main usage drive.

[birbal]

all sites and web applications need to go to your web root ( www in wamp)http://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CCMQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstackoverflow.com%2Fquestions%2F6233572%2Fwhere-is-the-web-server-root-directory-in-wamp&ei=8kBGUObPJaGIiwLpk4Bw&usg=AFQjCNH5ym172uRGA2BKs0JywCoLCX3oxw

Edited September 4, 2012 by birbal

[chownsy]

Still not working right When i type Localhost or click it through WAMP server it just says Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to localhostDid you mean: localhost.­net Additional suggestions:

• Go to localho.­st
• Go to localhostr.­com
• Try reloading: localhost
• Search on Googl

[niche]

Have you started your wampserver? If so, try restarting it.

[chownsy]

Okay that is really strange. After about a week of it not working Its just deceided to work. Usually it will show that message or just put up an error message. Will keep you posted.