index.php vs index.html

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    Hi, i built a site for a client last week and i wanted to set up the new site on their live server so they could test it in their environment. They have an old html website which i was hoping would stay up when they tested their new site.

    When i copied over the site, the index.php was picked up instead of the old index.html file

    I thought that most servers would try load index.html first. Is their anyway of forcing index.html files to load first as their hosting is shared hosting so the hosting company might not make the default change for me.

    Please do not respond by telling me to test the site in a different way or different directory :)

    thanks in advance
     
    oo7ml, Jul 20, 2009 IP
  2. wd_2k6

    wd_2k6 Peon

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    Should be possible via htaccess on an Apache server try something like:
    DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
     
    wd_2k6, Jul 20, 2009 IP
  3. oo7ml

    oo7ml Well-Known Member

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    Cool, i have figured it out, thanks
     
    oo7ml, Jul 20, 2009 IP
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    bncplix Banned

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    Or you can make index.php redirect:
    
<?php
header("location:index.html);
?>
    PHP:
     
    bncplix, Jul 20, 2009 IP