XAMPP Access Forbidden - php

Question

I have just downloaded the latest version of XAMPP with PHP version 7.2.4. I have made a very simple PHP validation for a HTML form and when I press submit it comes up with the following:
Access forbidden!
You don't have permission to access the requested object. It is either read-protected or not readable by the server.
If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 403
localhost
Apache/2.4.33 (Win32) OpenSSL/1.1.0g PHP/7.2.4
I'd don't know what the problem is as I have tried changing Require none to Require all granted.
Please Help!

Answer 1

I have experienced this problem and found out that localhost link is not configured in
httpd_vhosts.conf.
So I added this line at the bottom part of httpd_vhosts.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "E:/xampp/htdocs"
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>

Answer 2

Well, probably this must be happening because the localhost link is not configured in your xamp vhost, try to look for the vhosts configuration file and add the same one there. Just add this block of code making the appropriate path changes until your repository so that you can access the localhost:
# Virtual Hosts
#
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName localhost
ServerAlias localhost
DocumentRoot "${INSTALL_DIR}/www"
<Directory "${INSTALL_DIR}/www/">
Options +Indexes +Includes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require local
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#hcode.com.br
DocumentRoot "C:\ecommerce"
ServerName www.hcodecommerce.com.br
ErrorLog "logs/dummy-host2.example.com-error.log"
CustomLog "logs/dummy-host2.example.com-access.log" common
<Directory "C:\ecommerce">
Require all granted
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [QSA,L]
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Answer 3

By default in httpd.conf your entire system directory "/" is secured and not allowed access
in httpd.conf:
# Deny access to the entirety of your server's filesystem. You must
# explicitly permit access to web content directories in other
# <Directory> blocks below.
#
<Directory />
AllowOverride none
Require all denied
</Directory>
Add the below additional under the above
<Directory /home>
Options +Indexes +Includes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require local
</Directory>
Change /home to your hosted installation public directory - e.g. /projects or /devsite.local etc...
For more info on Apache see here: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/core.html#directory
The 'Options' are typical .htaccess directives - change as needed
The 'AllowOverride All' gives access to the /home folder and everything under it
The 'Require local' makes sure only localhost / 127.0.0.1 has access to folder and files under /home
Hope this helps :D