Where do I put my php files to have Xampp parse them?

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Where do I put my php files to have Xampp parse them?

I finished installing Ubuntu 10 for netbooks, and XAMPP. The XAMPP website tutorial made it very easy to install, then left me high and dry. Everything works, but I have no idea where to put my handwritten php files.

After a few hours of googling, and trying to understand the file explorer, I realized I have no idea where anything is in ubuntu. For an answer, please don't just tell me "go to "X" directory. I won't know how to navigate there.

I also did a file search for htdocs with no luck.

Look into the httpd.conf and/or httpd-vhosts.conf files and search for the DocumentRoot entry. If you configure multiple virtual hosts, there may be more than one of those, separated in <VirtualHost> tags.

Pekka 2010-06-11 10:32:01

I don't know what the httpd.conf or httpd-vhosts.conf files are and I don't know where they are. Typing them into my browser bar didn't work. I don't know where files and folders are in ubuntu and this is the kind of help i need. For an answer, please don't tell me to "look at file x." I need help navigating to the correct file.

CDeanMartin 2010-06-11 10:40:37

`/path_to_your_apache_install/conf/httpd.conf` a file search *will* turn them up.

Pekka 2010-06-11 10:41:33

If there is any such Apache install folder it is hidden from me. I have no idea how to find it.

CDeanMartin 2010-06-11 10:56:25

`CDeanMartin` try `locate httpd.conf` or if that is not available, `find / -name "httpd.conf"` (the latter will throw a lot of "access denied"s, that's okay)

Pekka 2010-06-11 10:57:46

But this is starting to belong on superuser.com :) voting to migrate there.

Pekka 2010-06-11 11:01:12

locate httpd.conf didn't work. find / -name threw about 50 permission denied errors but did nothing elseI suspect the problem is related to running Ubuntu on a pendrive. I used 1 GB for persistence. Does this affect where I would find the XAMPP installation files?

CDeanMartin 2010-06-11 11:15:05

@CDeanMartin I don't know, I've never used Ubuntu on a USB Drive, nor XAMPP on a Linux... Maybe ask again on superuser.com or serverfault.com, summarizing the current situation?

Pekka 2010-06-11 11:16:48

thanks ill try superuser

CDeanMartin 2010-06-11 11:26:23

+1 A:

in XAMPP the default root is "htdocs" inside the XAMPP folder, if you followed the instructions on the xampp homepage it would be "/opt/lampp/htdocs"

Fabian 2010-06-11 10:34:10

'For an answer, please don't just tell me "go to "X" directory. I won't know how to navigate there.' 'blah blah blah' go to "/opt/lampp/htdocs" directory'sigh'

CDeanMartin 2010-06-11 11:00:55

Click on places -> computer -> file system -> opt -> lampp -> htdocsBut navigating the file system is absolutely basic stuff, you should get comfortable with Linux if you want to program php

Fabian 2010-06-11 11:06:33

I have written PHP for almost 3 years. I've been using Linux about 3 hours, so even if it "basic stuff", I am used to where things are in Windows Explorer, not GNOME file manager.

CDeanMartin 2010-06-11 11:25:14

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