[RESOLVED] localhost question

[greedyisg00d]

I am currently using xampp and I am testing my site through localhost or 127.0.0.1 My question is there a difference between localhost or 127.0.0.1 when I type it in the address bar for example localhost/site1 or 127.0.0.0/site1. I tried deleting a file in my download folder and I access both site as localhost/site1/download/file1.txt and 127.0.0.0/site1/download/file1.txt. But howcome the file is still available in the address localhost/site1/download/file1.txt while in the address 127.0.0.0/site1/download/file1.txt gives an error since the file is already deleted. Any idea on what seems to be the problem? Thanks

[laserlight]

greedyisg00d wrote:

My question is there a difference between localhost or 127.0.0.1 when I type it in the address bar for example localhost/site1 or 127.0.0.0/site1.

Unless you have changed your hosts file, localhost should be another name for 127.0.0.1, at least where IPv4 is concerned.

greedyisg00d wrote:

I tried deleting a file in my download folder and I access both site as localhost/site1/download/file1.txt and 127.0.0.0/site1/download/file1.txt. But howcome the file is still available in the address localhost/site1/download/file1.txt while in the address 127.0.0.0/site1/download/file1.txt gives an error since the file is already deleted. Any idea on what seems to be the problem?

Maybe the contents of that file was cached.