Re: [PHP-INSTALL] Help!

On Apr 13, 2008, at 15:59 PM, Bryan wrote:

> ok, so 1) I should just use the PHP extension and forget about the  
> HTML
> extension?  (I ask this, because, I know I changed the default  
> startup on my
> server to INDEX.PHP, but, if/when I use someone else's server, can  
> I change
> the startup program, or do I somehow have to transfer it from the
> INDEX.HTML?)
>
> I should note, just for others who read this, (atleast in my  
> instance) just
> renaming it to INDEX.PHP doesn't work unless you change the default  
> startup
> to INDEX.PHP
> (again, this is how it worked for me, please correct me if I did  
> something
> wrong, or something I didn't need to?)
>
> I changed:
>
> <IfModule dir_module>
>     DirectoryIndex index.html
> </IfModule>
>
> to:
>
> <IfModule dir_module>
>     DirectoryIndex index.php
> </IfModule>

try:
<IfModule dir_module>
     DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm
</IfModule>

If it doesn't find an index.php it will look for index.html, if it  
doesn't find index.html it will look for index.htm (in the order they  
are listed)

>
> Now, as for the newline stuff, so, basically, I have to include the  
> HTML for
> newlines to get a new line?  Why would they change it to that?   
> that seems
> like an added annoyance?  I mean, maybe it's a good idea, I donno,  
> cause I
> just got into this, I'm just trying to figure things out :)
>
> Thanks for your help......

Whitespaces are ignored in HTML and this includes \r and \n.

Why would you not follow HTML protocol in output since you are  
writing to a browser, don't you want it to be interpreted properly?

Maybe you need to learn a little more about web browsers and HTML  
before you start writing code, what you call annoyance is just your  
lack of understanding on how things work.

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-- Dale