I'm using WAMP on Windows 7 and can setup sites fine and view them using the WAMP tools.

I launch the PHPEd project settings wizard, select I am using Apache on the first wizard page, select PHP 5.3, HTML 5, and CSS 3 on the second wizard page, but on the third page I'm having problems.

For document root I select the folder that has my index.php file.

For URL I select the same path that runs successfully when launching my browser via WAMP, for example:

http://localhost/MyWebSite - and the error message states, "Web site URL with path is expected, document name is not allowed"

So I tried:

http://localhost/MyWebSite/ - and the error message states, "Top level web site URL expected (e.g. http://localhost), subfolders or document names are not allowed here"

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However, http://localhost/MyWebSite/ works fine in my browser. I'm more of a desktop guy than a web guy so I know it's something dump.

Can anyone help please?

These are the project settings that I would have for a typical local project.

Project: C:\Documents and Settings\plugnplay\My Documents\_PhpEdProjects\example.ppj
Root directory: C:\Inetpub\apache_htdocs\example
Root URL: http://example.local:86
Remote root directory: C:\Inetpub\apache_htdocs\example
Default file to run: C:\Inetpub\apache_htdocs\example\index.php

Mapping Remote / Local:
C:\Inetpub\apache_htdocs\example -> C:\Inetpub\apache_htdocs\example

Try getting through the Wizard and even if the testing doesn't work, save the settings then go into Project Properties to review what needs adjusting.

I don't use localhost as it causes too many little issues. Assuming apache_htdocs was my root Apache folder (from an Apache web serving perspective; not from a PhpED perspective), then I could use a Root URL of http://localhost/example

If you are new to Apache then I encourage looking at setting up virtual hosts with your own domain names in the httpd-vhosts.conf file. That's pretty easy to do, just a few little tricks. Remember you can use the Windows hosts file to setup your own domain names if you do not have a local DNS.

Also, I do .NET work on port 80, so I use port 86 for Apache and the only place I need to use that is on the Root URL.

Thanks plugnplay that information really helped and I was also able to get the Apache virtual hosts setup too.