OK, I learned something today... <g> I thought I'd usually seen localhost specified without the http:// , so I assumed there was a reason.
Wm "Glenn Sieb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hey Wm, > > Nothing prevents you from running a webserver on your local host (unless of > course you're on a corporate network where it's generally pooh-poohed by > the AoH (Admins on High). Lots of developers run local webservers to check > their work. > > And, since localhost refers to 127.0.0.1 or the local loopback address, > http://localhost is a perfectly valid URL if one is running a webserver and > trying to connect to that webserver from the same machine it's running on. :) > > Glenn -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
