generally, where in cPanel can one set the default page to load?

[John Butler-2]

Dear list-members

I am using what I assume is a pretty standard cPanel setup (?)

I would like to be able change the mime types/extension so that  
".html" gets sent through the PHP interpreter, but I see the cPanel  
docs say "...(note that you can not alter the system defined mime type  
values)..".

So as a workaround, I need to *at least* be able to change the default  
file to return to the browser when someone hits my domain (or a  
subdirectory) without specifying the page in that dir/ to load.
I cannot find where in cPanel to set that.  The default now is the  
standard "index.html".    I want to change it to "index.php".
I realize this is really basic stuff, but I can't find it in my cPanel.

Can someone point me to this?

-Govinda

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[Daniel Brown-7]

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 12:40, Govinda<govinda.webdnatalk@...> wrote:
>
> Can someone point me to this?

    Wrong list.  ;-P

    In fact, check Google for .htaccess MIME aliasing.  It's nothing
to do with PHP, nor cPanel, really.


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[Michael A. Peters]

Govinda wrote:

> Dear list-members
>
> I am using what I assume is a pretty standard cPanel setup (?)
>
> I would like to be able change the mime types/extension so that ".html"
> gets sent through the PHP interpreter, but I see the cPanel docs say
> "...(note that you can not alter the system defined mime type values)..".
>
> So as a workaround, I need to *at least* be able to change the default
> file to return to the browser when someone hits my domain (or a
> subdirectory) without specifying the page in that dir/ to load.
> I cannot find where in cPanel to set that.  The default now is the
> standard "index.html".    I want to change it to "index.php".
> I realize this is really basic stuff, but I can't find it in my cPanel.
>
> Can someone point me to this?
>
> -Govinda
>

If you have mod_rewrite installed - put the following in your .htaccess
file:


RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^index\.html$ index.php [L]

That will cause index.php to be called when index.html is requested.
If you want it to forward to index.php then use [R] instead of [L]

If you want all .html to be sent to php equivalents -

RewriteRule (^.*)\.html$ $1.php [L]

should do the trick.

btw - with those rules, the .html files do not need to exist. If/when
they are requested, whether they exist or not, the link or redirect is made.

mod_rewrite rocks


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[John Butler-2]

> If you have mod_rewrite installed - put the following in  
> your .htaccess file:
>
>
> RewriteEngine on
>
> RewriteRule ^index\.html$ index.php [L]
>
> That will cause index.php to be called when index.html is requested.
> If you want it to forward to index.php then use [R] instead of [L]
>
> If you want all .html to be sent to php equivalents -
>
> RewriteRule (^.*)\.html$ $1.php [L]
>
> should do the trick.
>
> btw - with those rules, the .html files do not need to exist. If/
> when they are requested, whether they exist or not, the link or  
> redirect is made.
>
> mod_rewrite rocks
>

Thanks to you both Michael & Dan,

I must not have mod-rewrite installed (I am 98% uneducated about  
apache/server admin).
I will save your post though MIchael, for when I get more to that  
level..  you gave a good lead.

Meanwhile, Dan you gave me the quick fix lead I was after.
DirectoryIndex index.php
works.
Found it at
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_dir.html#directoryindex

-G


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[Daniel Brown-7]

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 13:38, Govinda<govinda.webdnatalk@...> wrote:
>
> I must not have mod-rewrite installed (I am 98% uneducated about
> apache/server admin).
> I will save your post though MIchael, for when I get more to that level..
>  you gave a good lead.

    You've got mod_rewrite on there.  If you're getting an error of
some kind, you can let me know privately again.  (Sorry to keep
sending you back and forth!)

> Meanwhile, Dan you gave me the quick fix lead I was after.
> DirectoryIndex index.php
> works.
> Found it at
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_dir.html#directoryindex

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[John Butler-2]

On Jul 2, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Daniel Brown wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 13:38, Govinda<govinda.webdnatalk@...>  
> wrote:
>>
>> I must not have mod-rewrite installed (I am 98% uneducated about
>> apache/server admin).
>> I will save your post though MIchael, for when I get more to that  
>> level..
>>  you gave a good lead.
>
>    You've got mod_rewrite on there.  If you're getting an error of
> some kind, you can let me know privately again.  (Sorry to keep
> sending you back and forth!)

my error.
sorry/thanks!
-G

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