Hi, I am partially new to Apache but very new to Apache Haus.
I have worked briefly with Apache on Linux and it just seemed to work minimum hassle: Put your files into a folder and the server read them.
I'm trying to put together a light PHP server to test some code on Windows 10 and I'm having trouble finding where to put the files.
I have got Apache working and it loads localhost with the default
/htdocs/index.html. I cracked open the
/conf/httpd.conf as I've read that's where the server settings are set. I used [this tutorial][https://www.znetlive.com/blog/how-to-install-apache-php-and-mysql-on-windows-10-machine/] to setup the php. (instead of adding the PHP code, I uncommented the
Include conf/extra/httpd-fcgid.conf and pointed the server to the php code in
httpd-fcgid.conf)
My understanding is that in httpd.conf,
DocumentRoot is where the server looks for folders and
DirectoryIndex is where it sets the index.
So I thought I could add files to where
DocumentRoot was looking , like having
"~/htdocs/home.html" to load "localhost/home.html" or change
DirectoryIndex in httpd.conf to look at a file called
home.html instead of looking at
index.html.
What I was expecting was to add something similar to
DocumentRoot D:/www to
httpd.conf and then just dropping my html files in there for the server to read.
I changed the "htdocs/index.html" to include the line "Hello World" and now the page won't load. I've re-extracted the
httpd.conf from the downloaded file and replaced mine, and it's still not loading.
Is there a trick I'm missing here?
Trying to start Apache24 in services.msc gives me "Error 1067: The process terminated unexpectedly".
I have noticed that in services.msc windows has saved the "Path to executable:" as
"D:\Apache24\bin\httpd.exe" -k runservice instead of using the command
-k start. Don't know if that might be causing any issue.
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Edit:
Did a clean install, removed all files and all services and then reinstalled everything using apache commands. Removed environmental variables another tutorial suggested I include and it all seems to be working fine.
Loaded my files into /htdocs/ and they seem to load on the server now.
Only thing I haven't done yet is installed my php which I'm guessing is where the problem is...
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Edit:
From the sounds of Gregg's lament here it sounds like it's a headache along with MySQL...
https://forum.apachehaus.com/index.php?topic=117.0----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Edit:
And using this tut I managed to get my php to work.
https://danielarancibia.wordpress.com/2015/09/27/installing-apache-2-4-and-php-7-for-development-on-windows/Now to try and get this damned contact form working...
