Making Apache Look For Index.php Instead of Index.html

This video shows you how to make Apache look for an index.php file instead of an index.html file. A lot of sites do use an HTML file for their index, but in my case I'm using Drupal which uses PHP. Every time I would go to the address without index.php on the end, it would show a directory listing. And the way Drupal works, when you try to do something, it just adds the string to the end of the URL, like http://localhost/?q=node instead of http://localhost/index.php?q=node. Every time that happened I got a 404 not found error. In this video I will show you how to correct it and make Apache look for index.php instead of index.html.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• apache
• web
• server
• drupal
• index
• php
• html
• 404
• directory

[ubercharger9000]

i use XAMPP and it already has all the index.**** on that line

[gnutelliums]

@ubercharger9000 Well, good for you!

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[imachavel]

I had xampp, and never used it to program anything, I wouldn't know how to use it end to end with an apache server

[thezob101]

youre using windows. this video is not relevant to anyones interests.

[stevekool19]

Thanks for the info.

Had a bad install of wordpress and this saved the day.

[ubercharger9000]

@gnutelliums

just saying idiot its completely relative to this video to inform people who are using apache that comes with xampp

[SBZX8]

Uhm. False.

I'd recommend using index.php, and index.html -- just in case you have a directory that uses HTML files instead of PHP files for their index. Also, I'd recommend adding index.htm and index.shtml also.

All the best,

Sam

[SBZX8]

Wrong. It'd be a lot more convenient to use both, in case you have other directories that use HTML as their index page language. I'd also recommend supporting index.htm, and index.shtml.

All the best,

Sam

[McIntec]

Nice Video :)