Mapping from my local www folder to my website

mikeycorn

Hello, I just downloaded phpdev423 to get things rolling.

From

I get a list of everything in the www folder.

If I click on start_here.htm from that list, I get the website contained on the same level as the www in a folder called phpdev.

The single line in that start_here.htm file is:

<? header("location:http://localhost/phpdev/");?>

So I do the exact same thing, mysite.html in the www folder, the line of code

<? header("location:http://localhost/mysite/");?>

And my website in a folder called mysite alongside the www folder. (And I have an index.html page in that folder.)

What am I missing? Is there a place where I'm supposed to do some mapping or something?

bpat1434

Hmm.. php embedded HTML? Seems like you need to change the extension from "html" to "php".

mikeycorn

The original example that comes with phpdev423 was

start_here.htm

and the single line in it was:

<? header("location:http://localhost/phpdev/");?>

and the index in that folder was index.htm

bpat1434

okay, have you tried changing the extension? Sometimes if it's not the right extension (htm vs html vs php vs cgi vs pl) the server will not process it correctly.

mikeycorn

yes, in fact the page I'm trying to link to from http://localhost/ was a php page and I switched it to htm and html just to see if I couldn't get it to work.

No dice.

Is there something like an .ini or something that I need to tweak? There's another link on the http://localhost/ which is

phpwebsite.htm

and that page has this one line

<?header('location:http://localhost/site/');?>

which is interesting because the website is inside that same www folder as phpwebsite.htm is, only the folder isn't called "site" but "phpwebsite_en".

???

There must be some mapping going on somewhere, right?

bpat1434

Look in your apache httpd.conf file (if you're running Apache). This is a weird setup. .htm(l) files should NOT be parsed like PHP. They should be static.

It's not mapping, it's just relocation though. I don't understand what the point of all this is. If you're using apache, you can just as easily use <Location "/site"> or <Location "/phpdev"> to relocate a user to the proper directory.

mikeycorn

Okay, I'll check it out. I'm a total noob, so I was looking for an all-in-one WAMP install and phpdev seemed to be the most popular one. I need simplicity of install right now so I can start focusing on coding. Is there a better WAMP install I should try?

bpat1434

Try www.apachefriends.org and use their XAMP install....

mikeycorn

Awesome, thanks because I'm not getting the hang of this phpdev.

Be warned - you may hear from me again. LOL.

Houdini

Had I seen this post earlier you could have perued my signature and got XAMPP and also marked you problem as a resolved one they are both in links in my signature (links 5 and 6).

nickadeemus2002

fyi..

The way to execute PHP on a .html page is to modify your .htaccess file. This file may be hidden, so depending upon your FTP program you may have to modify some settings to see it. Then you just need to add this line for .html:

[B]AddType application/x-httpd-php .html

[/B]
Or for .htm

AddType application/x-httpd-php .htm

bradgrafelman

Except that doing that is highly deprecated...

mikeycorn

Thanks for the info, I had a feeling that it was something akin to a Windows .ini.

Except that doing that is highly deprecated...

Hmmm . . . the plot thickens.

Well, the good news is, XAMPP got me rolling on it, so thanks for the tip there.

Houdini

XAMPP is great as well as WAMP and either will easily install on a Windows and have you running a webserver locally in no time, if your problem has been resolved then be kind enough to mark your query RESOLVED. You can see how to do this in my signature.