Question

ok, this learning project will run only localy

winxp + service pack 3

xampp + PHP: 5.2.0

root folder: localhost/demo (C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\demo)

i need to run a script in my root, that will show me images from another hard disc on the same computer (not network drive, not shared)

the path of the files is: G:/folder1/folder2/folder3/file

I cannot point to that file to load directly into my demo application

if it is an image, show it

if it is a txt open it

etc

is this possible at all or should all files be inside root folder?

Answer 1

As you use the apache websever, take a look into the Alias directive ^Docs – that’s exactly what it is for.

Alias /files G:/folder1/folder2/folder3

You can then access all files inside folder3 via http://localhost/files/....