test.php not working when installing PHP 5.2.5 on Apache 2.26

Hi, I am wanting to learn PHP and MySQL but am having no success with the PHP install.

To date, I've installed Apache 2.26 locally on my laptop for the purposes of testing examples I learn.  When I type http://localhost into my browser I receive the message "It Works!" so I am happy there.

I have also installed MySQL 5.0.45 but have not tested this yet as my instructions lead me to believe that this has no consequence in terms of where I am currently trying to do with the PHP install.

To configure Apache I went into httpd.conf and performed the following:
Entered line stating: LineModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2_2.dll" in the module statement section.
Searched for <IfModule mime_module> and entered a new line stating: AddType application/x-httpd-php. php before the </IfModule> line.
Modified the <IfModule dir_module> line item to read: DirectoryIndex index.html index.php

I have a directory set up called c:\php, from this I copied "php.ini-recommended" into c:\WINDOWS, renamed it "php.ini" and attach code snippets of areas amended as instructed.

The following .dll files were then copied from c:\php into c:\WINDOWS\System32:
fdftk.dll
fribidi.dll
gds32.dll
libeay32.dll
libmcrypt.dll
libmhash.dll
libmysql.dll
libswish-e.dll
msql.dll
ssleay32.dll

I created a test.php file within the "htdocs" directory within "Apache2.2" and entered the following code:
<?php phpinfo(); ?>

When I restart Apache, type http://localhost and receive a successful "It Works!" message I then type http://localhost/test.php expecting to see the spec details of my version of PHP.

All I get is "The webpage cannot be found" and I have checked that I've followed the instructions on numerous occasions and can't see where I have gone wrong!

This is all new to me as you can see, therefore I'd obviously greatly appreciate any remedial help that anyone can give me to get me out of this situation.

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PHP.INI
; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside.
extension_dir = "c:\php\ext"
 
; Windows Extensions
; Note that ODBC support is built in, so no dll is needed for it.
; Note that many DLL files are located in the extensions/ (PHP 4) ext/ (PHP 5)
; extension folders as well as the separate PECL DLL download (PHP 5).
; Be sure to appropriately set the extension_dir directive.
extension=php_mysqli.dll