The document provides steps to configure an XAMPP server on a Windows system to run PHP programs locally. It explains how to download and install XAMPP, create a PHP file in the XAMPP htdocs folder, start the Apache and MySQL services through the XAMPP control panel, and view the PHP file by accessing it through localhost in a web browser. The steps allow one to setup a local development environment for testing and running PHP programs using XAMPP's built-in web and database servers.