"forbidden you don't have permission to access"

[death_knight]

i'm a beginner in php, i got appserve which installed and configured apache, mysql and php on my machine. i've written some simple php enabled document but i cant even test if they work. when i try to view it with my browser i get the following message

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /C:/test.php on this server.


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Apache/1.3.27 Server at localhost Port 80


i have no clue why this happens

[GodKid]

hmmm....

you're addy should look more like http://localhost/test.php

you're test.php needs to be in the webserver's folder

[Chris]

dk, what is the url/address that you're entering to test your scripts? If you're not entering it as http://loalhost/xyz.php then you need to try that like GodKid suggested.

[stan]

I think your script should be in the folder [I think in some cases it is called the document root] that the webserver will read from. In Mandrake I know the folder is /var/www/html so that when you type http://localhost/myfile.php it can be found.