How do I get index.php to be automatcially recognized by Apache?

[kurtk@pobox.com]

I have install Apache and php5. I can execute php with no problem.
However, I would like index.php to be recognized and executed the way
that index.html is. That is, I want to be able to type
www.mysite.com in the browser and not have to always type
www.mysite.com/index.php.

Is that an .htaccess change of some sort? I not an Apache expert.

[Shelly]

Re: How do I get index.php to be automatcially recognized by Apache?

Contact your host. It should recognize the index.php without having to type
it in. (It works for me!!!)

Shelly

<kurtk@pobox.co m> wrote in message
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>I have install Apache and php5. I can execute php with no problem.
> However, I would like index.php to be recognized and executed the way
> that index.html is. That is, I want to be able to type
> www.mysite.com in the browser and not have to always type
> www.mysite.com/index.php.
>
> Is that an .htaccess change of some sort? I not an Apache expert.
>[/color]

[Kurt Krueckeberg]

Re: How do I get index.php to be automatcially recognized by Apache?

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> Contact your host. It should recognize the index.php without having to
> type
> it in. (It works for me!!!)[/color]

I am the host, so to speak. I have installed php5, Apache and mysql locally
on my desktop machine.

[Michael Winter]

Re: How do I get index.php to be automatcially recognized by Apache?

On 04/07/2005 00:26, kurtk@pobox.com wrote:
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> I have install Apache and php5. I can execute php with no problem.
> However, I would like index.php to be recognized and executed the way
> that index.html is.[/color]

You need to modify the configuration for the server. Find and open
httpd.conf in your favourite text editor and search for the
DirectoryIndex directive. It should look something like:

DirectoryIndex index.html index.html.var

You will need to modify that directive to include index.php. For example:

DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.html.var

This means that if a request is made without a filename, the server will
first search for index.php, then index.html, and finally index.html.var.

[snip]
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> Is that an .htaccess change of some sort?[/color]

The DirectoryIndex directive can be set in a .htaccess file if really
necessary. However, if this is a local installation of Apache (for
testing, perhaps), then you may as well modify the server-wide settings.

Mike

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[Kurt Krueckeberg]

Re: How do I get index.php to be automatcially recognized by Apache?

> You need to modify the configuration for the server. Find and open[color=blue]
> httpd.conf in your favourite text editor and search for the DirectoryIndex
> directive. It should look something like:
>
> DirectoryIndex index.html index.html.var
>
> You will need to modify that directive to include index.php. For example:
>
> DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.html.var
>
> This means that if a request is made without a filename, the server will
> first search for index.php, then index.html, and finally index.html.var.
>
> [snip][/color]

Thanks a lot! I made the change and it works now.