Php error 404

hebisr

I am trying my best to fight witht the php application: please bear with me....................

I installed the php tool( MY SQl, Apache, PHP4 etc.) it was success i did a simple test on the page and i get a HTTP: 404 error.

I checked the following: (this is running locally)

the .php file is located at C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs

And then I would go to: http://localhost/managepoll.php

still get the error

I am out of resources ..........Did i overlook anything here?

PHPdev

Sounds like you are running on an NT or Windows box... Either way I wold sudgest checking the file permissions. You may even need to check the folder permissions, to make sure that everyone can read the contents. Does not sound like a PHP issue, rahter a Server issue...

Just my .02

PHPdev

dalecosp

Originally posted by hebisr
I am trying my best to fight witht the php application: please bear with me....................

PHP is not an application, it's a scripting language.....but we'll 'bear with you' anyway....

I installed the php tool( MY SQl, Apache, PHP4 etc.) it was success i did a simple test on the page and i get a HTTP: 404 error.

So that's a success?

the .php file is located at C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs

And then I would go to: http://localhost/managepoll.php

What happens when you go to just http://localhost/ ?

Make sure that the file you find there is in the same folder/directory as 'managepoll.php'. That's the first thing to check. Also, Windows (use to, anyway) have a nasty habit of hiding file extensions and/or adding its own to extant files, so you could have (back then, anyway) ended up with "managepoll.php.html", for example.

I'll keep an eye on this posting and see what you come up with.

dalecosp

hebisr

First of all thanks for taking the time to respond

When I entered http://localhost

Index of/

Parent Directory

phpMyAdmin/

test.php

Strange?

😃

planetsim

hmm.. sounds like you need to create folders properly(im sure you are) make sure there in htdocs.

a 404 error means that a file is not there.. So most likely your not getting the exact url. Make sure the folder names are right for the directory you want to get into..

You may need to check you httpd.conf file

dalecosp

Originally posted by hebisr
When I entered http://localhost

Index of/

Parent Directory

phpMyAdmin/

test.php

Strange?

Well, not necessarily; actually it explains why you got a 404 on 'managepoll.php' quite well.

If you click on phpMyAdmin/ can you then see 'managepoll.php'?

If so, you would have to either move it to the / directory (next to 'test.php') or access it with your browser at

http://localhost/phpMyAdmin/managepoll.php

Have 😃

dalecosp

hebisr

Well, not necessarily; actually it explains why you got a 404 on 'managepoll.php' quite well.

If you click on phpMyAdmin/ can you then see 'managepoll.php'?

no: it takes me to the MyphpAdmin page (on local)

If so, you would have to either move it to the / directory (next to 'test.php') or access it with your browser at

http://localhost/phpMyAdmin/managepoll.php

how would i move it there?

twilson

Open up Windows Explorer and drag it.

Peace,
Tom

dalecosp

Originally posted by hebisr
how would i move it there?

Well, that's a rather basic question --- I've been having trouble being patient today, but I'll give it a whirl. Whilst I do, do some looking for some kind of document/book/site-with-lots-of-real-readingtype-content to be your "teacher of choice" for a while....

File moving/copying is one of the basics of computer usage/administration, and is generally accomplished with a program or command-line tool, or, in these latter years, through graphical operations within a GUI environment.

Examples:

In a DOS or NT "dosprmpt/cmd" environment.

c:\copy file1 c:\windows\temp\file2
would copy 'file1' to the 'temp' folder under c:\windows and change its name to 'file2.'

In a 'nix (any of a hundred flavors or so...) shell:
$cp file1 /some/directory/here/
$mv /some/directory/here/file1 /var/tmp/file.foo

The first line would copy the file 'file1' to the folder/directory 'here' under the directories 'some' and 'directory' with its original filename. The second example would move (and rename, BTW) the file from its location under /some/directory/here to a file called 'file.foo' in the 'tmp' directory under 'var'. If you carried out both these commands you would have the same file in two locations with two different names.

In a GUI environment, like Windows or X, these operations are generally carried out in 'pointy clicky' ways that I'd think you'd already be familiar with, like "drag-n-drop", or 'right click, pick COPY, change windows, right click, pick PASTE", etc.

What you're seeing here:
Index of/

Parent Directory
phpMyAdmin/
test.php
Is an autogenerated 'index page' of the contents of the webserver's root directory. It's likely that if you were to insert a file here called 'index.html' (actually extensions may vary) you would no longer see the autogenerated list. That why "index" or "home" pages have links to all the stuff on the webserver that you want a surfer to be able to see. The reason you're NOT seeing a list of stuff when you click on phpMyAdmin/ is 'cuz it has a page so named. Get into that folder with your "Explorer" or your command line tool, or FTP, or telnet, or SSH, and have fun!!!

I hope I've not bored, overbore, or condescended too much.....

Good luck 🙂
dalecosp