WampServer

Hi!

I just installed WampServer. When I open for example [localhost] (which is a folder that does not exists), the server delivers the file [localhost] instead. If I create the folder, the folder contents are delivered, as expected. How can I configure the server to deliver a 404-message when the folder does not exist (as I would expect it to do as default), instead of a file that has the same name, except from the extension? I have not enabled mod_rewrite, so there is no .htaccess-file that is causing this to happen.

Best regards,
Magnar

This makes a change, somebody who wants a 404.


phpMyAdmin however does do some clever stuff.


try using a different address and staying away from phpmyadmin and its folders

http://localhost/doesnotexist

Hehe. 404s are nice

So I created a new alias [localhost]

In the folder the alias points to, I have a file called newfile.php, and nothing else. When I try to open [localhost], [localhost] is opened. It seems to be working for any file extension, not only php.

When I try to open [localhost] I get the 404 error "The requested URL /test/newfile.php/ was not found on this server."

Any ideas what might cause this? Again, there is no .htaccess-file present in the folder the alias points to.

By the way, how do I prevent the urls from becoming [localhost]-links in these posts?

Thats because if you dont give it an actual file it looks for one called index.php or index.html


You can change the file it looks for by default but I suggest you work with the default, the rest of the world does.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/20/2013 03:56PM by RiggsFolly.

I don't think that's the reason. If you don't give it a file, it will open index.php or index.html if it exists in the folder, but if you try to open a folder that does not exist, it shouldn't open a file that has the same name as the non-existing folder except for the extension?

The reason this is troublesome is that I have urls looking like /admin/edit/3/. In /admin/ I have a file called edit.php and a .htaccess-file that rewrites /admin/edit/3/ to /admin/edit.php?item=3 But since /admin/edit/ is not a folder that exists, the server rewrites it to /admin/edit.php/3/, which is not something my .htaccess-file handles (and something I don't want it to handle). If I rename the file to edit2.php, the automatic rewrite does not happen, and I can use .htaccess to rewrite /admin/edit/3/ to /admin/edit2.php?item=3, but this is an ugly workaround that I'd prefer not to use.

This behavior can straight out of the box when I installed the "Wampserver (64 bits & Apache 2.4) 2.2E".

If you are having problems with htaccess isssues, and that what it sounds like, you are already WAY past the help this site is designed for.

It is not a .htaccess-issue, as I disabled mod_rewrite and deleted the .htaccess-files trying to locate the problem, and the issue is still present