Which file loads first

[jamesojackson]

hello everyone .. i have a newbie question... of the following file extensions.. what is the hierarchy when the browser has a choice to load the following files.

index.html
index.htm
index.php

I thought it was .html but I am using phpprobid and decided to add a .html welcome page and the browser loads the .php file as the first choice...
your help in this issue is greatly appreciated...

James

[ShawnK]

That all depends on you servers settings

[bradgrafelman]

For example, the DirectoryIndex configuration in your Apache's httd.conf (or .htacces) file.

[ShawnK]

Sorry about my vauge answer I was in a rush, you can modify your existing .htaccess file to include this line:

DirectoryIndex index.php index.php3 index.phtml index.phps index.html index.htm

you just put whatever order you want, funny as it sounds you can put a file name such as marco.polo and it will still show up as an index lol