Script to Server question

[anotherusernametoforget]

I've started using eclipse to refresh my programming skills and want to put my "Hello World" script onto localhost. I've got apache2 installed and localhost shows "it works!"

I skimmed the Web Dev Faq, and while it's an excellent doc for newbz like me, it didn't answer my question.

How do I get "hello world" to show on localhost?

Thank you in advance

PS>> I've been googling for hours. It seems like there is some requirement that all relating questions must be several software versions old and completely useless... *sigh

[Smart Viking]

What language do you want to script with, php?

[anotherusernametoforget]

That was the original goal, but using eclipse derailed PHP into Java. Either way, I just wanted to refresh the programming fundamentals, syntax isn't the highest priority.

Thanks

EDIT> localhost still has default "it works" after apache restart