PHP newbie help !!!

> It points to localhost because that is where the file is being served
> at the time you are browsing it.
>
> Upload it to your web server and take a look at it. It should point to
> http://servername/assets/document1.doc

???

assets/document1.doc

is actually in c:\apache2\htdocs\assets\document1.doc

which is my web server .... it still does not work ???

why does it show http://localhost/assets/document1.doc ???

I want it to be http://server/assets/document1.doc !!!

In article <3f09a088$1@news.starhub.net.sg>, kheemeng@lycos.com says...
> > It points to localhost because that is where the file is being served
> > at the time you are browsing it.
> >
> > Upload it to your web server and take a look at it. It should point to
> > http://servername/assets/document1.doc
>
> ???
>
> assets/document1.doc
>
> is actually in c:\apache2\htdocs\assets\document1.doc
>
> which is my web server .... it still does not work ???
>
> why does it show http://localhost/assets/document1.doc ???
>
> I want it to be http://server/assets/document1.doc !!!
>
>
>
>
>
>
Then set your coument root using
the BASEREF tag.

In article <3f09a088$1@news.starhub.net.sg>, kheemeng@lycos.com says...
> > It points to localhost because that is where the file is being served
> > at the time you are browsing it.
> >
> > Upload it to your web server and take a look at it. It should point to
> > http://servername/assets/document1.doc
>
> ???
>
> assets/document1.doc
>
> is actually in c:\apache2\htdocs\assets\document1.doc
>
> which is my web server .... it still does not work ???
>
> why does it show http://localhost/assets/document1.doc ???
>
> I want it to be http://server/assets/document1.doc !!!

But are you accessing your web server via the internet or locally,
as localhost would suggest?

If you have a domain name and you are trying to access it by domain
name then it should read http://domainname/assets/document1.doc

If you are opening it locally on your web server, then it would read
http://localhost/assets/document1.doc

On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 00:33:41 +0800, Andy Yeo wrote:

>> It points to localhost because that is where the file is being served
>> at the time you are browsing it.
>>
>> Upload it to your web server and take a look at it. It should point to
>> http://servername/assets/document1.doc
>
> ???
>
> assets/document1.doc
>
> is actually in c:\apache2\htdocs\assets\document1.doc
>
> which is my web server .... it still does not work ???
>
> why does it show http://localhost/assets/document1.doc ???
>
> I want it to be http://server/assets/document1.doc !!!
>
>

First of all, this problem has *nothing* to do with PHP.

With that out of the way, try this:

in "address" bar, type:
http://server

where server is your server name.

Now scroll over the link. What does it say at the bottom of the browser?

This assumes that the default page for http://server/ is the page that you
created with the "/assets/document1.doc" link on it.

Also, consider this: What does it say in the "Address" line for the URL?
Does it say "http://localhost/" ?

If so, then that is the basename of the URL for the
"/assets/document1.doc" link.

At a more fundamentaly level, you need to learn how path names, relative
path names, URLS, virtual directories, and things like that work with
regard to the Web and your Webserver. This is NOT a PHP problem that you
are having.
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Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD
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