Malcolm Walker wrote:
Vincent,
>so presumably you're using a URL like
http://localhost/mcjdreamweaver/ to access your site
Yes you are correct and I am very grateful for your reply but I find I
am out of my depth. I had read (several times both before my post and
after your reply) the article on configuring Virtual Hosts and I
remain unaware of how to amend the file at
conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf to suit local access only. As to the
<Directory blocks I take your point but I cannot determine which of
the directives to use.
My sole aim was in using Apache for testing to add the display of
includes. As I have been struggling with a problem that I never
expected for over a week it's time I gave it a rest.
My general comment on all the Apache help articles both on-line and in
the manual is that they clearly state what to do but not how to do
it. There is a presumption of knowledge that I do not have. I bought
my first computer at the age of 62 on the basis I would catch up -
eventually. Thirteen years later it seems I am even further behind
than I was then!
Many thanks for your effort to assist me. I do appreciate it very
much indeed.
Malcolm
Vincent Bray wrote:
Hi,
You seem to have two problems in your config. First, You're not using
any virtual hosts, and your DocumentRoot is F:/webs, so presumably
you're using a URL like http://localhost/mcjdreamweaver/ to access
your site. In this case, using an include with a local uri ref like
/includes/something won't work because the mcjdreamweaver part is
ignored. To fix this, either change your DocumentRoot to include the
site directory, or use vhosts if you want to host multiple sites.
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/
Secondly, you have two <DIrectory blocks that each refer to
essentially the same directory (except one of them has a wildcard).
This will lead to pain and suffering in the long term, so instead
merge the two together, in particular your Options directive, which is
different in both cases. You should also avoid using Options Foo +Bar
notation, as the docs explain, this isn't supported syntax, so instead
make up your mind and use Options Foo Bar Whatever.
Sorry to come in at the end of a thread but here's what I do for vhosts:
<VirtualHost *>
ServerAdmin <your email address here>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot "/var/www/"
DirectoryIndex index.php index.htm
# you'll need to play with this - I struggle too...
<Directory /var/www>
AllowOverride None
Options -Indexes
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from All
</Directory>
# error logging goes here...
# some PHP variables below - can be set on a vhost basis
php_value session.name "lh"
php_value session.cookie_domain "localhost"
php_value upload_max_filesize "1M"
php_value register_globals off
</VirtualHost>
Basically, you get to type 'localhost/your dir here' in the browser to
access your content. As long as you use relative URLs everything should
work.
Norm
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