Where should I place my web content?
The main directory for all WWW documents is \xampp\htdocs. If you put a file "test.html" in this directory, you can access it with the URI "
http://localhost/test.html".
And "test.php"? Just use "
http://localhost/test.php". A simple testscript can be:
<?php
echo 'Hello world';
?>
A new subdirectory for your web? Just make a new directory (e.g. "new") inside the directory "\xampp\htdocs" (best without whitespaces and only ASCII), create a test file in this directory and access it with "
http://localhost/new/test.php".
Further specifics
HTML:
Executable: \xampp\htdocs
Allowed endings: .html .htm
=> basic package
SSI:
Executable: \xampp\htdocs
Allowed endings: .shtml
=> basic package
CGI:
Executable: \xampp\htdocs and \xampp\cgi-bin
Allowed endings: .cgi
=> basic package
PHP:
Executable: \xampp\htdocs and \xampp\cgi-bin
Allowed endings: .php
=> basic package
Perl:
Executable: \xampp\htdocs and \xampp\cgi-bin
Allowed endings: .pl
=> basic package
Apache::ASP Perl:
Executable: \xampp\htdocs
Allowed endings: .asp
=> basic package
JSP Java:
Executable: \xampp\tomcat\webapps\java (e.g.)
Allowed endings: .jsp
=> Tomcat add-on
Servlets Java:
Executable: \xampp\tomcat\webapps\java (e.g.)
Allowed endings: .html (u.a)
=> Tomcat add-on