Where is localhost/index.html in the file system?

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Where is localhost/index.html in the file system?

I have been trying to learn php and some months ago created a file that makes "It works!" come up when I type "localhost" in the browser. Now I can't locate where in the file system the file is. I am not sure it is in the same spot that Apple set as the default. I recently installed MAMP, which expects localhost to default to /Applications/MAMP/htdocs. It doesn't. Bottom line is I want to know how to find the "index" file that the browser looks for when I type "localhost" and how to change where the browser looks for it if I have to. The browser I use is Firefox 15.0.1.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Sep 15, 2012 5:13 PM

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Answer 1

BDAqua

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Sep 15, 2012 9:36 PM in response to Mike Enders

Tough to say where you might've directed it to be, but...

Get Find Any File...

http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/

Hold Option/alt when clicking on Find button to Find All.

Search for Name equals index.html, sort on Date Modified when done & see if you can find it. 🙂

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Mike Enders Author

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Sep 17, 2012 12:25 PM in response to BDAqua

I found on my own that when "localhost" is typed in the browser, then the html file that is displayed is:

[name of hard drive partition]/Library/WebServer/Documents/index.html.en

My problem is that I can't use the local web server to do anything. I installed MAMP (Mac Apache MySQL and PHP), which was supposed to change where localhost looks for filed to /Applications/MAMP/htdocs. It didn't, and even with UNIX text editor I can't edit or add files to the Directory where "localhost" is now. If MAMP has support, I haven't found it. I might get support if I purchased MAMP Pro, but if the free version doesn't work, I don't have reason to trust the enhanced Pro version.

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