index.php not loading by default

Question

I have just installed centos, apache and php when I visit my site http://domain.com/myapp/, it says "forbidden" by default its not loading the index.php file.

When I visit http://domain.com/myapp/index.php, it works fine.

Any idea how to fix that issue ?

Answer 1

Apache needs to be configured to recognize index.php as an index file.

The simplest way to accomplish this..

1. Create a .htaccess file in your web root.

2. Add the line...

DirectoryIndex index.php

Here is a resource regarding the matter...
http://www.twsc.biz/twsc_hosting_htaccess.php

Edit: I'm assuming apache is configured to allow .htaccess files. If it isn't, you'll have to modify the setting in apache's configuration file (httpd.conf)

Answer 2

Try creating a .htaccess file with the following

DirectoryIndex index.php

Edit: Actually, isn't there a 'php-apache' package or something that you're supposed to install with both of them?

Answer 3

At a guess I'd say the directory index is set to index.html, or some variant, try:

DirectoryIndex index.html index.php

This will still give index.html priority over index.php (handy if you need to throw up a maintenance page)