Change the default page of a directory

This article is on how to change the default page of any folder or directory

Say the folder name is "abc" and the file we need to over ride instead of index.php is "default.php". So, you just have to create a .htaccess file in the "abc" folder n write the following code into it:

DirectoryIndex default.php

Code (markup):

And upload it to "abc" folder.
Bingo! You are done!

Now in case you want to set preferences say load default2.php in case there is no default.php, then change the code to:

DirectoryIndex default.php default2.php

Code (markup):

i.e. add pages in the decreasing order of there preference separated by a single space

OR with more stability you can do like this:

DirectoryIndex default.php default2.php index.php index.html

Code (markup):

Hope this article helps some of you

 

thanks...that was a really helpful piece of information...