Replace index.html with a PHP file

[Anon]

How to ?

I want to design a php site but can't figure out how to replace the standard index.html file served as default when you load a page the root dir like www.domain.net/ with a index.php file or eq.

can anyone help?

Sara--
http://smar-t.hypermart.net/

[kparker]

Assuming you're using apache, here's one (in httpd.conf):

  # DirectoryIndex: Name of the file or files to use as a pre-written
  # HTML directory index. Separate multiple entries with spaces.
 #
  <IfModule mod_dir.c>
    DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
  </IfModule>

If you're using some other server, then I haven't a clue. :-(

[Anon]

If you're using a web host who doesn't provide access to the httpd.conf file, or won't modify it for you, there is another option.

Look to see if you have a file called .htaccess, and make a backup of it... (just in case).

Then add the following lines:
<Files index.html>
ForceType application/x-httpd-php3
</Files>

This will force your webserver to parse all files called index.html thru php. This might not work on all flavors of UNIX...

Another, less elegant solution is to simply do a http redirect in your index page to your index.php3 page.

[Anon]

Thanks that worked. I knew it had to be something simple..

Sara--

[tinuviel]

For those of you with windows out there using IIS who have this same question:
You simply go into properties of your website in IIS and click on the Document tab, and type in index.php (or whatever) in the line that asks for what you want your default document to be. I'm sure if you are being hosted by a provider and don't have access they would be more than happy to do this simple action for you too.