On Sunday 01 December 2002 22:36, Andy wrote:
> OK, so I have located the httpd.config file but still no joy, I know it is
> something very simple and silly.
> I will explain in detail what I have done, I think this will give a better
> idea of where I am going wrong.
>
> Loaded Apache from the CD first in its default location c:/program
> files/apachegroup/apache/htdocs.

This looks like the location where the files for your website should be 
placed. As a previous poster commented below, this location is specified by 
the DocumentRoot directive in httpd.conf

> I was then told to write the following code in my webspace, 

Presumably by "webspace" they mean the above location.

> so i used
> Dreamweaver MX, then tried Notepad:
> <html> etc etc <body><p>This is a HTML line </p>
> <?php echo "This is a PHP line"; phpinfo(); ?>
> </body>
> I save the file and go to view it in Explorer but i see just the html text
> not the php?

Well move your file to the above location and try:

  http://localhost/name_of_your_file.php

> Now what i cannot understand is, am i saving the php files in the right
> place (if there is one?) and should i be running the browser as localhost
> which see's the apache page ok when i type http://localhost/ into the
> address bar.

That proves apache is running OK.

If you're still having trouble locating your DocumentRoot, try searching for 
these file:

  index.html.ca
  index.html.cz
  index.html.de
  index.html.dk
  index.html.ee
  index.html.el
  index.html.en

All these files (and more) are found in the DocumentRoot directory of a 
standard Apache installation. Those index.html.* are the Apache welcome page 
in various languages.

> > Yes, Phil has it. I'd assumed this, I should not have. The directory is
> > given by the "DocumentRoot" line in httpd.conf. You did not say exectly
> > what error you were getting, I'd assumed that you were just seeing the
> > source of your file and that the only problem was php not parsing it.
> > Presumably you were getting "Document not found" errors?

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