Where can I find $HOME/public_html for dowloaded files on windows?

Question

Hi ,
I am new to PHP. The tutorial on running the PHP application advises to put the following files ( hr.php ,hr_cn.inc, hr_ui.inc,hr_db.inc ,styles.css ) in the $HOME/public_html directory on unix platforms. I am using windows version of the program, so where is the equivalent of $HOME/public_html on windows?
Can anyone let me know please?

Answer 1

On Windows, PHP files can be put in a couple of places for the "Oracle
Database Express Edition 2 Day Plus PHP Developer Guide":
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B25329_01/doc/appdev.102/b25317/toc.htm
and the Oracle XE Tutorial:
http://st-curriculum.oracle.com/tutorial/DBXETutorial/index.htm
1. Check the DocumentRoot parameter in httpd.conf, e.g.
DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/htdocs"
Files like C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\chap1\file.php can
be loaded in a browser using http://localhost/chap1/file.php
2. Edit httpd.conf and set UserDir to your favorite location e.g.:
<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
UserDir "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/users/"
</IfModule>
Files like C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\users\cjones\chap1\file.php
can be loaded with http://localhost/~cjones/chap1/file.php
On Windows the Beta release of Oracle XE has problems when Instant
Client is in the PATH environment variable, so Zend Core for Oracle
can't be used just yet (this problem does not affect Linux).
Until the next Oracle XE drop is available, ZCO can be substituted
with standard Windows PHP 5.0 binaries from:
http://snaps.php.net/
The OCI8 extension for PHP must be updated from:
http://pecl4win.php.net/ext.php/php_oci8.dll
Stop Apache. Copy the new php_oci8.dll into PHP's ext directory
replacing the old DLL. Restart Apache.
Other instructions for installing non-ZCO PHP on Windows can be found at:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/php/htdocs/inst_php_apache_windows.html
Personally, I don't copy php.ini as shown in step 2, and don't copy
php5ts.dll or php_oci8.dll as shown in step 4. I leave the dll's
where they are and simply copy php.ini to
c:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/php.ini and set its
extension_dir directive to, for example, "c:\php5.0-win32-200511031730\ext"
In a new thread on this forum I'll post a couple of typos I've
reported in the Beta "2 Day Plus PHP Developer Guide".
-- cj