my localhost shows all files in the directory?

[sayedsohail]

How do i make index.php as my default file to open when i typed http://localhost of my desktop.

thanks

[Fadion]

Paste your files in the root directory  ??? and be sure to have "index.php" in DirectoryIndex of httpd.conf.

[sayedsohail]

Are you talking about this bit of httpd.conf

</Directory>

#
# DirectoryIndex: sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory
# is requested.
#
<IfModule dir_module>
    DirectoryIndex index.php
</IfModule>

 

paste your files in the root directory, what do u mean by root directory?

[Fadion]

Yes it is that bit:

 

DirectoryIndex: index.html index.php index.htm index.php3 index.php5

 

should look something like that.

 

When u access http://localhost, ure actually accessing the root of the server. Example i have my root directory on windows: "c:\wamp\htdocs".

[sayedsohail]

how do i setup the root directory in httpd.conf?

[Fadion]

Look for DocumentRoot. I have it:

 

DocumentRoot "C:/wamp/htdocs"

 

in linux by default it should be:

 

DocumentRoot "/var/www/html"

[sayedsohail]

i am on windows aswell, if found document root directing to htdocs and further below doucment root htdocs, you mean i should change this directing to my project directory on both of this places.

 

# DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your

DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/Apache2.2/htdocs"

 

and another place it says:

 

# This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.

#

<Directory "C:/Program Files/Apache2.2/htdocs">

   

 

 

 

[Fadion]

Those two lines must be changed equally. U dont have to change the DocumentRoot to match your project directory, just copy/paste your project to "C:/Program Files/Apache2.2/htdocs". Eventhough in a local environment it isnt important to test have your project in the root. U can paste your project in a directory ex: "C:/Program Files/Apache2.2/htdocs/myproject/" and access it via http with "http://localhost/myproject".

[sayedsohail]

how about in the live environment, how do i setup project directory under live application.

[Fadion]

The production environment will be basically the same as your local one. Instead of being in the root ex "var/www/html", ull be in ex "var/username/www/html" where html is your root as a user. Talking about shared ones as in dedicated u can do whatever u want. Copy/paste your project files in the root directory of your account by ftp and access the site by your domain or whatever.