Xamp PHP works local host htodocs no

OS XP
PHP 5

I just installed Xampp on my computer.

When I type in http://localhost/xampp/ or https://127.0.0.1/xampp/ I get A Xampp for windows page. This page tells me I have successfully installed Xampp on my Comp. It also leads to the php(info) page on my Comp, which looks fine.

When i try to run the index.html in my Xamp htdocs it works fine. But when I try and run the index.php file it says "Something is wrong with the XAMPP installation :-(".

Here is the code for index.php
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<?php
if (!empty($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && ('on' == $_SERVER['HTTPS'])) {
$uri = 'https://';
} else {
$uri = 'http://';
}
$uri .= $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
header('Location: '.$uri.'/xampp/');
exit;
?>
Something is wrong with the XAMPP installation :-(
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my php scripts in an old htdocs file do not work either.

Any help would certainly be appreciated.

I've been working on setting the path. When I put it to serverxamppphp nothing changed. But if I added php.ini the htdocs files could not be found.
Still working away!

I forgot to log-in.last post was mine of course.

I took out Xampp and put in WAMP and it works fine.

Question: Which XAMPP did you install? The .exe or .zip package?
If you used the .zip package (or the .7z) you have to run setup_xampp.bat after unpacking.

I have been successfully using xampp since more than a year and never had a similar problem.

Regards,
desrtfx

I'm still getting "Something is wrong with the XAMPP installation :-("
any help would be appreciated!!!