# Redirects to localhost/dashboard **URL:** \ **Category:** Administration\ **Created:** [December 2, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/redirects-to-localhost-dashboard/15051 "2024-12-02T14:02:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![skan](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@skan](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/skan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/redirects-to-localhost-dashboard/15051/1 "2024-12-02T14:02:25Z")
I have downloaded Gibbon through Xampp on windows 11 for testing purpose. After installation when I login Gibbon, instead of login to Gibbon it redirects to localhost/dashboard. Please tell me how to fix it? ---
**Author:** ![sandra](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/user_avatar/ask.gibbonedu.org/sandra/32/5_2.png) [@sandra](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/sandra)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 6:57am UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/redirects-to-localhost-dashboard/15051/2 "2024-12-03T06:57:56Z")
Hi @skan Thank you for your post and welcome to the Gibbon community. Can you share which version of PHP and Gibbon you are running? There are some instructions for [Xampp in the docs](https://docs.gibbonedu.org/introduction/installation-options/local-installation/install-xampp), but I will admit I don’t use it myself, so may not be as much help with troubleshooting. One thing to check is the absolutePath and absoluteURL values in the gibbonSetting table, there have been [some issues in the past with Xampp](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/redirecting-to-localhost/8078/2) not detecting the root directory properly, and this setting may need updated. I was pretty sure this issue had been resolved though in the latest versions. ---
**Author:** ![skan](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@skan](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/skan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/redirects-to-localhost-dashboard/15051/3 "2024-12-07T13:42:24Z")
Hi @sandra sorry for the late reply, the version of PHP I am using is 8.2.12 and the version of gibbon is 28 and I also checked absolutePath and absoluteURL in phpMyAdmin there is no issue of slashes, there was one in absoluteURL of [http://localhost](http://localhost)\Gibbon and I have corrected it by [http://localhost/Gibbon](http://localhost/Gibbon) but it doesn’t resolve the issue. Please guide me. ---
**Author:** ![skan](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@skan](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/skan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/redirects-to-localhost-dashboard/15051/4 "2024-12-07T14:01:34Z")
Hi @sandra the issue has resolved, I didn’t cleared the caches and cookies after the correcting the absoluteURL but now the issue has resolved, thanks very much. ---
**Author:** ![S.Maryam](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@S.Maryam](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/S.Maryam)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/redirects-to-localhost-dashboard/15051/5 "2026-02-17T13:07:44Z")
Hi Sandra, I am using latest Gibbon version 30 and php 8.2 with xampp. I’m facing the same redirect issue with xampp dashboard. I could not find Gibbon settings table in the demo database. Please let me know how can I resolve the issue. Thanks you, Maryam ---
**Author:** ![Ali](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/user_avatar/ask.gibbonedu.org/ali/32/1024_2.png) [@Ali](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/Ali)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 1:16am UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/redirects-to-localhost-dashboard/15051/6 "2026-02-25T01:16:22Z")
Hi @S.Maryam Please try to search for gibbonSetting table and apply the changes discussed above. If you still cannot find it, please try to do a fresh install of the demo database. Thanks.