title: XAMPP - Object Not Found Error
body: <p>I will apologize in advance and say that I am a complete noob to PHP, XAMPP, SQL, etc.</p>
  
  <p>I seem to be having great trouble fixing this issue. I have installed XAMPP on a Kali Linux distribution in VMWare. I am trying to migrate my website work to this from my Windows machine. I installed XAMPP on the Linux machine, moved my 'WP' (wordpress site files from C:/xampp/htdocs) to /opt/lampp/htdocs .</p>
  
  <p>I imported my database into MySQL aswell.</p>
  
  <p>There seems to be a few issues. I will give as much information as possible.</p>
  
  <p>Firstly, when I go to localhost/WP, it corrects to localhost/wp, not sure if that is an issue or not.</p>
  
  <p>Either way, going to localhost/WP will not load the index, and I get an Error 404, Object not Found.</p>
  
  <p>I created a test file called 'test.php' with a 'Hello World' echo, inside the WP folder.</p>
  
  <p>When I navigate to localhost/WP/test.php, it works and gives the echo response.</p>
  
  <p>Note, when I try localhost/wp/test.php , it does not work, and I get the 404 error again.</p>
  
  <p>I also am not able to go to localhost/WP/index.php either, it will not work.</p>
  
  <p>I am also confused because there is an 'httpd.conf' in /opt/lampp/apache2/conf and another one in /opt/lampp/etc .</p>
  
  <p>Here is my httpd.conf in /opt/lampp/etc:</p>
  
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  <pre class="snippet-code-html lang-html prettyprint-override"><code>#
  # This is the main Apache HTTP server configuration file.  It contains the
  # configuration directives that give the server its instructions.
  # See &lt;URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/&gt; for detailed information.
  # In particular, see 
  # &lt;URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/mod/directives.html&gt;
  # for a discussion of each configuration directive.
  #
  # Do NOT simply read the instructions in here without understanding
  # what they do.  They're here only as hints or reminders.  If you are unsure
  # consult the online docs. You have been warned.  
  #
  # Configuration and logfile names: If the filenames you specify for many
  # of the server's control files begin with "/" (or "drive:/" for Win32), the
  # server will use that explicit path.  If the filenames do *not* begin
  # with "/", the value of ServerRoot is prepended -- so 'log/access_log'
  # with ServerRoot set to '/www' will be interpreted by the
  # server as '/www/log/access_log', where as '/log/access_log' will be
  # interpreted as '/log/access_log'.
  
  #
  # ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's
  # configuration, error, and log files are kept.
  #
  # Do not add a slash at the end of the directory path.  If you point
  # ServerRoot at a non-local disk, be sure to specify a local disk on the
  # Mutex directive, if file-based mutexes are used.  If you wish to share the
  # same ServerRoot for multiple httpd daemons, you will need to change at
  # least PidFile.
  #
  ServerRoot "/opt/lampp"
  
  # 
  # Mutex: Allows you to set the mutex mechanism and mutex file directory
  # for individual mutexes, or change the global defaults
  # 
  # Uncomment and change the directory if mutexes are file-based and the default
  # mutex file directory is not on a local disk or is not appropriate for some
  # other reason.
  #
  # Mutex default:logs
  
  #
  # Listen: Allows you to bind Apache to specific IP addresses and/or
  # ports, instead of the default. See also the &lt;VirtualHost&gt;
  # directive.
  #
  # Change this to Listen on specific IP addresses as shown below to 
  # prevent Apache from glomming onto all bound IP addresses.
  #
  #Listen 12.34.56.78:80
  Listen 80
  
  #
  # Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) Support
  #
  # To be able to use the functionality of a module which was built as a DSO you
  # have to place corresponding `LoadModule' lines at this location so the
  # directives contained in it are actually available _before_ they are used.
  # Statically compiled modules (those listed by `httpd -l') do not need
  # to be loaded here.
  #
  # Example:
  # LoadModule foo_module modules/mod_foo.so
  #
  LoadModule authn_file_module modules/mod_authn_file.so
  LoadModule authn_dbm_module modules/mod_authn_dbm.so
  LoadModule authn_anon_module modules/mod_authn_anon.so
  LoadModule authn_dbd_module modules/mod_authn_dbd.so
  LoadModule authn_socache_module modules/mod_authn_socache.so
  LoadModule authn_core_module modules/mod_authn_core.so
  LoadModule authz_host_module modules/mod_authz_host.so
  LoadModule authz_groupfile_module modules/mod_authz_groupfile.so
  LoadModule authz_user_module modules/mod_authz_user.so
  LoadModule authz_dbm_module modules/mod_authz_dbm.so
  LoadModule authz_owner_module modules/mod_authz_owner.so
  LoadModule authz_dbd_module modules/mod_authz_dbd.so
  LoadModule authz_core_module modules/mod_authz_core.so
  LoadModule authnz_ldap_module modules/mod_authnz_ldap.so
  LoadModule access_compat_module modules/mod_access_compat.so
  LoadModule auth_basic_module modules/mod_auth_basic.so
  LoadModule auth_form_module modules/mod_auth_form.so
  LoadModule auth_digest_module modules/mod_auth_digest.so
  LoadModule allowmethods_module modules/mod_allowmethods.so
  LoadModule file_cache_module modules/mod_file_cache.so
  LoadModule cache_module modules/mod_cache.so
  LoadModule cache_disk_module modules/mod_cache_disk.so
  LoadModule socache_shmcb_module modules/mod_socache_shmcb.so
  LoadModule socache_dbm_module modules/mod_socache_dbm.so
  LoadModule socache_memcache_module modules/mod_socache_memcache.so
  LoadModule dbd_module modules/mod_dbd.so
  LoadModule bucketeer_module modules/mod_bucketeer.so
  LoadModule dumpio_module modules/mod_dumpio.so
  LoadModule echo_module modules/mod_echo.so
  LoadModule case_filter_module modules/mod_case_filter.so
  LoadModule case_filter_in_module modules/mod_case_filter_in.so
  LoadModule buffer_module modules/mod_buffer.so
  LoadModule ratelimit_module modules/mod_ratelimit.so
  LoadModule reqtimeout_module modules/mod_reqtimeout.so
  LoadModule ext_filter_module modules/mod_ext_filter.so
  LoadModule request_module modules/mod_request.so
  LoadModule include_module modules/mod_include.so
  LoadModule filter_module modules/mod_filter.so
  LoadModule substitute_module modules/mod_substitute.so
  LoadModule sed_module modules/mod_sed.so
  LoadModule charset_lite_module modules/mod_charset_lite.so
  LoadModule deflate_module modules/mod_deflate.so
  LoadModule mime_module modules/mod_mime.so
  LoadModule ldap_module modules/mod_ldap.so
  LoadModule log_config_module modules/mod_log_config.so
  LoadModule log_debug_module modules/mod_log_debug.so
  LoadModule logio_module modules/mod_logio.so
  LoadModule env_module modules/mod_env.so
  LoadModule mime_magic_module modules/mod_mime_magic.so
  LoadModule cern_meta_module modules/mod_cern_meta.so
  LoadModule expires_module modules/mod_expires.so
  LoadModule headers_module modules/mod_headers.so
  LoadModule usertrack_module modules/mod_usertrack.so
  LoadModule unique_id_module modules/mod_unique_id.so
  LoadModule setenvif_module modules/mod_setenvif.so
  LoadModule version_module modules/mod_version.so
  LoadModule remoteip_module modules/mod_remoteip.so
  LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so
  LoadModule proxy_connect_module modules/mod_proxy_connect.so
  LoadModule proxy_ftp_module modules/mod_proxy_ftp.so
  LoadModule proxy_http_module modules/mod_proxy_http.so
  LoadModule proxy_fcgi_module modules/mod_proxy_fcgi.so
  LoadModule proxy_scgi_module modules/mod_proxy_scgi.so
  LoadModule proxy_ajp_module modules/mod_proxy_ajp.so
  LoadModule proxy_balancer_module modules/mod_proxy_balancer.so
  LoadModule proxy_express_module modules/mod_proxy_express.so
  LoadModule session_module modules/mod_session.so
  LoadModule session_cookie_module modules/mod_session_cookie.so
  LoadModule session_dbd_module modules/mod_session_dbd.so
  LoadModule slotmem_shm_module modules/mod_slotmem_shm.so
  LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so
  LoadModule lbmethod_byrequests_module modules/mod_lbmethod_byrequests.so
  LoadModule lbmethod_bytraffic_module modules/mod_lbmethod_bytraffic.so
  LoadModule lbmethod_bybusyness_module modules/mod_lbmethod_bybusyness.so
  LoadModule lbmethod_heartbeat_module modules/mod_lbmethod_heartbeat.so
  LoadModule unixd_module modules/mod_unixd.so
  LoadModule dav_module modules/mod_dav.so
  LoadModule status_module modules/mod_status.so
  LoadModule autoindex_module modules/mod_autoindex.so
  LoadModule info_module modules/mod_info.so
  LoadModule suexec_module modules/mod_suexec.so
  LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so
  LoadModule cgid_module modules/mod_cgid.so
  LoadModule dav_fs_module modules/mod_dav_fs.so
  LoadModule vhost_alias_module modules/mod_vhost_alias.so
  LoadModule negotiation_module modules/mod_negotiation.so
  LoadModule dir_module modules/mod_dir.so
  LoadModule actions_module modules/mod_actions.so
  LoadModule speling_module modules/mod_speling.so
  LoadModule userdir_module modules/mod_userdir.so
  LoadModule alias_module modules/mod_alias.so
  LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
  
  &lt;IfDefine JUSTTOMAKEAPXSHAPPY&gt;
  LoadModule php4_module        modules/libphp4.so
  LoadModule php5_module        modules/libphp5.so
  &lt;/IfDefine&gt;
  
  &lt;IfModule unixd_module&gt;
  #
  # If you wish httpd to run as a different user or group, you must run
  # httpd as root initially and it will switch.  
  #
  # User/Group: The name (or #number) of the user/group to run httpd as.
  # It is usually good practice to create a dedicated user and group for
  # running httpd, as with most system services.
  #
  User daemon
  Group daemon
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
  # 'Main' server configuration
  #
  # The directives in this section set up the values used by the 'main'
  # server, which responds to any requests that aren't handled by a
  # &lt;VirtualHost&gt; definition.  These values also provide defaults for
  # any &lt;VirtualHost&gt; containers you may define later in the file.
  #
  # All of these directives may appear inside &lt;VirtualHost&gt; containers,
  # in which case these default settings will be overridden for the
  # virtual host being defined.
  #
  
  #
  # ServerAdmin: Your address, where problems with the server should be
  # e-mailed.  This address appears on some server-generated pages, such
  # as error documents.  e.g. admin@your-domain.com
  #
  ServerAdmin you@example.com
  
  #
  # ServerName gives the name and port that the server uses to identify itself.
  # This can often be determined automatically, but we recommend you specify
  # it explicitly to prevent problems during startup.
  #
  # If your host doesn't have a registered DNS name, enter its IP address here.
  #
  #ServerName www.example.com:@@Port@@
  # XAMPP
  ServerName localhost
  
  #
  # Deny access to the entirety of your server's filesystem. You must
  # explicitly permit access to web content directories in other
  # &lt;Directory&gt; blocks below.
  #
  &lt;Directory /&gt;
      AllowOverride All
      Require all denied
  &lt;/Directory&gt;
  
  #
  # Note that from this point forward you must specifically allow
  # particular features to be enabled - so if something's not working as
  # you might expect, make sure that you have specifically enabled it
  # below.
  #
  
  # 
  # DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
  # documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
  # symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
  #
  DocumentRoot "/opt/lampp/htdocs"
  &lt;Directory "/opt/lampp/htdocs"&gt;
      #
      # Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",
      # or any combination of:
      #   Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
      #
      # Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
      # doesn't give it to you.
      #
      # The Options directive is both complicated and important.  Please see
      # http://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/mod/core.html#options
      # for more information.
      #
      #Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
      # XAMPP
      Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI Includes
  
      #
      # AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
      # It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
      #   Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
      #
      #AllowOverride None
      # since XAMPP 1.4:
      AllowOverride All
  
      #
      # Controls who can get stuff from this server.
      #
      Require all granted
  &lt;/Directory&gt;
  
  #
  # DirectoryIndex: sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory
  # is requested.
  #
  &lt;IfModule dir_module&gt;
      #DirectoryIndex index.html
      # XAMPP
      DirectoryIndex index.html index.html.var index.php index.php3 index.php4
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
  #
  # The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being 
  # viewed by Web clients. 
  #
  &lt;Files ".ht*"&gt;
   Require all denied
  &lt;/Files&gt;
  
  #
  # ErrorLog: The location of the error log file.
  # If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a &lt;VirtualHost&gt;
  # container, error messages relating to that virtual host will be
  # logged here.  If you *do* define an error logfile for a &lt;VirtualHost&gt;
  # container, that host's errors will be logged there and not here.
  #
  ErrorLog "logs/error_log"
  
  #
  # LogLevel: Control the number of messages logged to the error_log.
  # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
  # alert, emerg.
  #
  LogLevel warn
  
  &lt;IfModule log_config_module&gt;
      #
      # The following directives define some format nicknames for use with
      # a CustomLog directive (see below).
      #
      LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %&gt;s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
      LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %&gt;s %b" common
  
      &lt;IfModule logio_module&gt;
        # You need to enable mod_logio.c to use %I and %O
        LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %&gt;s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\" %I %O" combinedio
      &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
      #
      # The location and format of the access logfile (Common Logfile Format).
      # If you do not define any access logfiles within a &lt;VirtualHost&gt;
      # container, they will be logged here.  Contrariwise, if you *do*
      # define per-&lt;VirtualHost&gt; access logfiles, transactions will be
      # logged therein and *not* in this file.
      #
      CustomLog "logs/access_log" common
  
      #
      # If you prefer a logfile with access, agent, and referer information
      # (Combined Logfile Format) you can use the following directive.
      #
      #CustomLog "logs/access_log" combined
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
  &lt;IfModule alias_module&gt;
      #
      # Redirect: Allows you to tell clients about documents that used to 
      # exist in your server's namespace, but do not anymore. The client 
      # will make a new request for the document at its new location.
      # Example:
      # Redirect permanent /foo http://www.example.com/bar
  
      #
      # Alias: Maps web paths into filesystem paths and is used to
      # access content that does not live under the DocumentRoot.
      # Example:
      # Alias /webpath /full/filesystem/path
      #
      # If you include a trailing / on /webpath then the server will
      # require it to be present in the URL.  You will also likely
      # need to provide a &lt;Directory&gt; section to allow access to
      # the filesystem path.
  
      #
      # ScriptAlias: This controls which directories contain server scripts. 
      # ScriptAliases are essentially the same as Aliases, except that
      # documents in the target directory are treated as applications and
      # run by the server when requested rather than as documents sent to the
      # client.  The same rules about trailing "/" apply to ScriptAlias
      # directives as to Alias.
      #
      ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/opt/lampp/cgi-bin/"
  
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
  &lt;IfModule cgid_module&gt;
      #
      # ScriptSock: On threaded servers, designate the path to the UNIX
      # socket used to communicate with the CGI daemon of mod_cgid.
      #
      #Scriptsock logs/cgisock
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
  #
  # "/opt/lampp/cgi-bin" should be changed to whatever your ScriptAliased
  # CGI directory exists, if you have that configured.
  #
  &lt;Directory "/opt/lampp/cgi-bin"&gt;
      AllowOverride None
      Options None
      Require all granted
  &lt;/Directory&gt;
  
  &lt;IfModule mime_module&gt;
      #
      # TypesConfig points to the file containing the list of mappings from
      # filename extension to MIME-type.
      #
      TypesConfig etc/mime.types
  
      #
      # AddType allows you to add to or override the MIME configuration
      # file specified in TypesConfig for specific file types.
      #
      #AddType application/x-gzip .tgz
      #
      # AddEncoding allows you to have certain browsers uncompress
      # information on the fly. Note: Not all browsers support this.
      #
      #AddEncoding x-compress .Z
      #AddEncoding x-gzip .gz .tgz
      #
      # If the AddEncoding directives above are commented-out, then you
      # probably should define those extensions to indicate media types:
      #
      AddType application/x-compress .Z
      AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz
  
      #
      # AddHandler allows you to map certain file extensions to "handlers":
      # actions unrelated to filetype. These can be either built into the server
      # or added with the Action directive (see below)
      #
      # To use CGI scripts outside of ScriptAliased directories:
      # (You will also need to add "ExecCGI" to the "Options" directive.)
      #
      #AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
      # XAMPP, since LAMPP 0.9.8:
      AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
  
      # For type maps (negotiated resources):
      #AddHandler type-map var
  
      #
      # Filters allow you to process content before it is sent to the client.
      #
      # To parse .shtml files for server-side includes (SSI):
      # (You will also need to add "Includes" to the "Options" directive.)
      #
      # XAMPP
      AddType text/html .shtml
      AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
  #
  # The mod_mime_magic module allows the server to use various hints from the
  # contents of the file itself to determine its type.  The MIMEMagicFile
  # directive tells the module where the hint definitions are located.
  #
  #MIMEMagicFile etc/magic
  
  #
  # Customizable error responses come in three flavors:
  # 1) plain text 2) local redirects 3) external redirects
  #
  # Some examples:
  #ErrorDocument 500 "The server made a boo boo."
  #ErrorDocument 404 /missing.html
  #ErrorDocument 404 "/cgi-bin/missing_handler.pl"
  #ErrorDocument 402 http://www.example.com/subscription_info.html
  #
  
  #
  # MaxRanges: Maximum number of Ranges in a request before
  # returning the entire resource, or one of the special
  # values 'default', 'none' or 'unlimited'.
  # Default setting is to accept 200 Ranges.
  #MaxRanges unlimited
  
  #
  # EnableMMAP and EnableSendfile: On systems that support it, 
  # memory-mapping or the sendfile syscall may be used to deliver
  # files.  This usually improves server performance, but must
  # be turned off when serving from networked-mounted 
  # filesystems or if support for these functions is otherwise
  # broken on your system.
  # Defaults: EnableMMAP On, EnableSendfile Off
  #
  EnableMMAP off
  EnableSendfile off
  
  # Supplemental configuration
  #
  # The configuration files in the etc/extra/ directory can be 
  # included to add extra features or to modify the default configuration of 
  # the server, or you may simply copy their contents here and change as 
  # necessary.
  
  # Server-pool management (MPM specific)
  #Include etc/extra/httpd-mpm.conf
  
  # Multi-language error messages
  Include etc/extra/httpd-multilang-errordoc.conf
  
  # Fancy directory listings
  Include etc/extra/httpd-autoindex.conf
  
  # Language settings
  #Include etc/extra/httpd-languages.conf
  
  # User home directories
  #Include etc/extra/httpd-userdir.conf
  
  # Real-time info on requests and configuration
  #Include etc/extra/httpd-info.conf
  
  # Virtual hosts
  #Include etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
  
  # Local access to the Apache HTTP Server Manual
  #Include etc/extra/httpd-manual.conf
  
  # Distributed authoring and versioning (WebDAV)
  #Include etc/extra/httpd-dav.conf
  
  # Various default settings
  Include etc/extra/httpd-default.conf
  
  # Configure mod_proxy_html to understand HTML4/XHTML1
  &lt;IfModule proxy_html_module&gt;
  Include etc/extra/proxy-html.conf
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
  # Secure (SSL/TLS) connections
  &lt;IfModule ssl_module&gt;
  # XAMPP
  &lt;IfDefine SSL&gt;
  Include etc/extra/httpd-ssl.conf
  &lt;/IfDefine&gt;
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  #
  # Note: The following must must be present to support
  #       starting without SSL on platforms with no /dev/random equivalent
  #       but a statically compiled-in mod_ssl.
  #
  &lt;IfModule ssl_module&gt;
  SSLRandomSeed startup builtin
  SSLRandomSeed connect builtin
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
  # XAMPP
  Include etc/extra/httpd-xampp.conf
  Include "/opt/lampp/apache2/conf/httpd.conf"
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  <pre class="snippet-code-html lang-html prettyprint-override"><code>Alias /bitnami/ "/opt/lampp/apache2/htdocs/"
  Alias /bitnami "/opt/lampp/apache2/htdocs"
  
  &lt;Directory "/opt/lampp/apache2/htdocs"&gt;
      Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
      AllowOverride All
      Order allow,deny
      Allow from all
  Require all granted
  &lt;/Directory&gt;</code></pre>
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  <p>And here is my .htaccess file from /opt/lampp/htdocs/WP:</p>
  
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  <pre class="snippet-code-html lang-html prettyprint-override"><code># BEGIN 
  
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /wp/
  RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
  
  # add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
  RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]
  
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
  RewriteRule ^ - [L]
  RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) /opt/lampp/htdocs/WP/$2 [L]
  RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ /opt/lampp/htdocs/WP/$2 [L]
  RewriteRule . index.php [L]
  
  
  
  php_value upload_max_filesize 64M
  php_value post_max_size 64M
  php_value max_execution_time 300
  php_value max_input_time 300
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # END WordPress</code></pre>
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