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on giving command (php -s localhost:8888) windows terminal gives an error(could not open input file: localhost:8888) can anyone please help me about this!!!
this command will run the server but in browser you have to call file you want to run this will nor run index.php or home.php by default you have to give a file to server like localhost:8888/index.php if this not work then there may be issue with the files permission give them appropriate permissions
@MHasnainJafri First of all THANK YOU!! Can you please tell me how i can call the file in browser????
@HussainAwaisSajjad That's not the issue... The issue is you've used lowercase s instead of uppercase when running the php command.
@woddell after your answer i also use uppercase S But the error is still there THANK YOU!!
@HussainAwaisSajjad What error are you seeing now? could not open input file: localhost:8888 Is happening because you're using -s instead of -S.
@woddell I’ll try it again
-s Output HTML syntax highlighted source.
-S <addr>:<port> Run with built-in web server.
You're using the wrong option (lowercase instead of uppercase)
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