cannot read from softwareserial

Question

I am able to use AT command from the Serial monitor however when I run the following code nothing is sent or received from the ESP8266. Can someone advise what could be the problem.

#include <SoftwareSerial.h>;
SoftwareSerial esp8266(0,1); // make RX Arduino line is pin 2, make TX Arduino line is pin 3.
 // This means that you need to connect the TX line from the esp to the Arduino's pin 2
 // and the RX line from the esp to the Arduino's pin 3
void setup()
{
 Serial.begin(9600);
 esp8266.begin(9600); // your esp's baud rate might be different
}
void loop()
{
 if(esp8266.available()) // check if the esp is sending a message 
 {
 while(esp8266.available())
 {
 // The esp has data so display its output to the serial window 
 char c = esp8266.read(); // read the next character.
 Serial.write(c);
 } 
 }
 if(Serial.available())
 {
 // the following delay is required because otherwise the arduino will read the first letter of the command but not the rest
 // In other words without the delay if you use AT+RST, for example, the Arduino will read the letter A send it, then read the rest and send it
 // but we want to send everything at the same time.
 delay(1000); 
 String command="";
 while(Serial.available()) // read the command character by character
 {
 // read one character
 command+=(char)Serial.read();
 }
 esp8266.println(command); // send the read character to the esp8266
 }
}

Answer 1

SoftwareSerial esp8266(0,1)

You can't use pins 0 and 1 for software serial since they are the hardware serial Serial than you use for communication with the PC.

Pick two other pins to use.