Website won't recognize my .php file?

[Drastic2014]

Hey guys,

I am a noobie when it comes to PHP. Basically I just got done installing Apache, PHP, and MySQL. Now I am testing my PHP with a simple "contact us" form. I coded a simple html file to prompt a user for their name and password, and then the <form action="step2.p hp"> should be what is displayed once they hit submit (in this case I have the .php file displaying what they put into the input boxes). However, once I hit submit, it just displays "No webpage was found for the web address: step2.php". What have I done wrong?

Thanks,
Chase!

[Drastic2014]

So I have done some research and it appears it is because the URL is:

file:///C:/Websites/step1.html

and not:

http://localhost

or such. How is this fixed?

[johny10151981]

when you use
file:///C:/Websites/step1.html you are just accessing local files. local file always get treated as html file.

copy you step1.html file in your site root directory.

and also copy the the action file in the same directory
then open browser and type
http://localhost/step1.html
then try testing your pages

[Drastic2014]

Thanks Johny! It worked perfectly after that.