/Index.php and no /index.php - What is the difference?

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    mighty.one, Aug 5, 2008 IP
  2. steelfrog

    steelfrog Peon

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    It doesn't really matter as far as I know - the server automatically loads the index file, so you can point users to the domain rather than the 'index.php' file.
     
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    Thank you for this. I have often wondered this myself.

    Ash
     
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    it doesn't really matters unless you have index.htm/html on the same directory (root)....
     
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  5. PatMcCrackit

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    what do you mean..?

    i set my home link to
    <a href = "/index.php">Home</a>
    Code (markup):
     
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