doc_root conundrum

[Dongle_Dave2]

I just set up PHP and am having problems with getting it to work properly. It appears that it may be a permissions thing.

I have my site (folders) set up on my "E" drive in a 'WWW' folder. There are several sites that are set up and running.

When I set doc_root=E:\www, PHP doesn't work. However, if I set the doc_root=E:\www\site1, PHP works but only for that site.

How do I make doc_root=E:\www work for all the sites (folders) within that folder? Also, is 'www' case sensitive within php.ini (does it need to match with what the folder is named in windows, i.e. WWW)?

If it's a permissions thing, do I need to make 'www' a shared folder? I tried that and it didn't help.

I'm on WinXP pro, Apache 2.0.47, PHP 4.3.2 zip.

Thanks

Dave

[Dongle_Dave2]

I just tried anutron's post from 7/24 "[Resolved] php problem with apache virtual servers (solved)" and it seemed to fix my issue.

Basically, he said to comment out doc_root when using virtual servers. I did this and it fixed the issue I was having.

Does anyone know what the downside is of commenting out doc_root?

Thanks

Dave

Here's the other post.
http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10248646&highlight=docroot