Sorry for the delay in responding...it's been a bit hectic the last day or so. I think I need to give you a little background that will hopefully clear up any confusion.
I'm in a small IT department for an auto group. My primary role is general tech support, but includes creating accounts within our Domain. To make it easier for us to handle new employees, I created a basic 'new employee checklist' using HTML. [After entering the data on the html form, the person clicks the submit button and their email program (Outlook) will send the message.]
There have been some slight issues...default email program (some still use Outlook Express)...limited time available to me...minimal understanding...etc. But it works. Now I'm trying to become more familiar with PHP and the capability it gives, especially in conjunction with a database.
As I mentioned, my main role is general support...we have a contract with a company that manages our LAN/WAN. Because of this, I don't have any 'real' role in modifying the routing statements or setting up access within the equipment. On the other hand, my position allows me the opportunity to have changes made to the equipment.
All that being said, I believe everything was in place for me to use the default settings when installing the WampServer. I believe this because, as I originally said, everything was working fine when I first installed the program and started testing things. (On CMGMTWS008, I installed the program and placed the forms I was using - checklist.html & checklist.php - in the C:\wamp\www directory.
From CMGMTWS008, I was able to open checklist.html, fill out the short form and, after clicking the submit button, run the PHP coding (display the data I entered in a new browser window & send an email to myself with the information).
After putting the WampServer online, I could use another computer within the Domain and do the same thing by entering - in an IE8 browser - [
cmgmtws008].
Right now, I've got a VPN tunnel open to my work Domain and am able to successfully do what I want.
ALL that being said, and I profusely apologize for the lengthy explanation, my confusion began the day after I started to seriously work on the checklist using PHP. The first day, everything worked fine...the second day, nothing worked...and now everyting is working fine.
Bearing in mind my limited understanding of PHP, Apache, or any other web server environment, can you think of a possible reason why it wasn't working that second day? (If I'm going to be successful at this, I need understand why it might not work.)