Rachel Baillie wrote: > I recently brought the book PHP fast & east web development. I am having problems >trying to run PHP and an Apache Server on Windows. I have Windows ME. > > It was suggested to me that I had a spelling mistake. I am not sure where that would >be as I have followed the instructions in the book very carefully. It was suggested >that I should correct the spelling mistake while in Apache but I received the >following message. > > APACHE.EXE: cannot determine local host name. > Use the ServerName directive to set it manually. > > I am not sure how to read and then fix the error. Are there any names other than >"localhost" that might recognise the local software for Windows ME. > > Thank you for your suggestions. > > Rachel Baillie There is a place in httpd.conf that says: #ServerName new.host.name or something along those lines. It should be: ServerName localhost Or, some actual host+domain name that your computer is called and recognized as in DNS. Save httpd.conf. Restart Apache. -- +----------------------------------------+ | Julie Meloni ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | | | | "PHP Essentials" and "PHP Fast & Easy" | | http://www.thickbook.com | +----------------------------------------+ -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
