Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 06/26/06 00:02

william.clarke wrote:
> teddybear wrote:
>
>>My friend, where are you going? Anybody out there, please help???
>>I am stuck...
>>
>>teddybear wrote:
>>
>>>I have another problem now. My browser said "Page Coult Not Be Found".
>>>However I have set cgi.force_redirect = 0 in the PHP.ini inside /PHP
>>>directory,
>>>And I have put Hello.PHP both in the /wwwroot directory and /PHP
>>>directory.
>>>Can you please suggest me what is the problem this time?
>>>
>>>Thank you for help!
>>>
>>>--Ted
>>>
>>>teddybear wrote:
>>>
>>>>I have replied you on the scripts.com forum. Thanks, and I am looking
>>>>forward to your reply!
>>>>
>>>>WhatsPHP wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>This PHP CGI binary was compiled with force-cgi-redirect enabled. This
>>>>>means that a page will only be served up if the REDIRECT_STATUS CGI
>>>>>variable is set, e.g. via an Apache Action directive.
>>>>>
>>>>>First thing you need to do is change the line in php.ini so it is
>>>>>cgi.force_redirect = Off
>>>>>
>>>>>Then - and this is where I tore my hair out for a while - if you have
>>>>>your php.ini in the /windows directory, ensure there there isn't also a
>>>>>default php.ini in the PHP directory as it seems to read that one
>>>>>first.
>>>>>
>>>>>Or, why not just have it in the PHP directory and save a lot of
>>>>>heartache :o)
>
>
> Are you running Apache or IIS?
>
> Apache's home directory is htdocs (usually in the apache/apache2
> directory)
> IIS uses the inetpub directory as stated by others previously.
>

The DEFAULT home directory for Apache is htdocs. This can be changed in to any
directory on the system in the httpd.conf file.

Same with IIS - the DEFAULT is inetpub\wwwroot. But can be easily changed.

But in either case PHP can be in its own directory. It does not have to be in
the website path. And the same with php.ini.

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