On Monday, August 19, 2019 at 2:26:37 PM UTC-4, Call Me Tom wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 06:53:48 +0200, "J.O. Aho" <us...@example.net>
> wrote:
> >On 19/08/2019 04.49, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> >> On 8/18/2019 7:43 PM, Call Me Tom wrote:
> >>> <lew.p...@digitalfreehold.ca> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Call Me Tom wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I'm using VS Code for creating my PHP files. I'm trying to get
> >>>>> liveserver to work with PHP files.It works fine with an HTML file. I
> >>>>> have installed the live server extension in chrome and the live reload
> >>>>> button is on. When I go live in VSC all I get in Chrome is a
> >>>>> directory listing. I am using a default XAMPP installation.
> >
> >First of all, I'm not a XAMPP user, I prefer a OS that comes with simple
> >install all php/mariadb/apache.
> >
> >>>>> What is the actual server address that should be entered in Chrome?
> >>>>> Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
> >>>>
> >>>> Apparently, some variation of http://localhost/ or http://127.0.0.1/
> >>>>
> >>>> At least, according to the XAMPP FAQ
> >>>
> >>> Thanks Lew. I tried both of those and all I get is a directory
> >>> listing.
> >>>
> >>
> >> You get a directory listing if you just request a directory and do not
> >> have a default home page (often index.html) in that directory.
> >
> >At least in the world most used OS, apache comes with a default
> >configuration which enables index.php as a default page if the php
> >module is loaded (-D PHP).
> >
> >
> >> This is an Apache configuration problem and has nothing to do with PHP.
> >
> >Could be that the OP just don't have a index.php but say default.php as
> >the starting point of his site in which case the error should be between
> >the keyboard and the chair.
> Yes, I have alll these things. I can run PHP directly from the
> browser and I also run without any problems from Netbeans. It's Live
> Server that I couldn't get running in Visual Studio Code.
>
> I posted here because I thought one of the mnany PHP programmers here
> might use VSCode as their IDE and could give me a little help with
> Live Server. Because this does not seem to be the case, I will
> continue with Netbeans. Thanks for trying to help.
>
>
>
> I posted here

Were you able to get this working?

On 01/06/2022 12.42, Ozed machina wrote:
> On Monday, August 19, 2019 at 2:26:37 PM UTC-4, Call Me Tom wrote:
>> On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 06:53:48 +0200, "J.O. Aho" <us...@example.net>
>> wrote:
>>> On 19/08/2019 04.49, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>>> On 8/18/2019 7:43 PM, Call Me Tom wrote:
>>>>> <lew.p...@digitalfreehold.ca> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Call Me Tom wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm using VS Code for creating my PHP files. I'm trying to get
>>>>>>> liveserver to work with PHP files.It works fine with an HTML file. I
>>>>>>> have installed the live server extension in chrome and the live reload
>>>>>>> button is on. When I go live in VSC all I get in Chrome is a
>>>>>>> directory listing. I am using a default XAMPP installation.
>>>
>>> First of all, I'm not a XAMPP user, I prefer a OS that comes with simple
>>> install all php/mariadb/apache.
>>>
>>>>>>> What is the actual server address that should be entered in Chrome?
>>>>>>> Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Apparently, some variation of http://localhost/ or http://127.0.0.1/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At least, according to the XAMPP FAQ
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Lew. I tried both of those and all I get is a directory
>>>>> listing.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You get a directory listing if you just request a directory and do not
>>>> have a default home page (often index.html) in that directory.
>>>
>>> At least in the world most used OS, apache comes with a default
>>> configuration which enables index.php as a default page if the php
>>> module is loaded (-D PHP).
>>>
>>>
>>>> This is an Apache configuration problem and has nothing to do with PHP.
>>>
>>> Could be that the OP just don't have a index.php but say default.php as
>>> the starting point of his site in which case the error should be between
>>> the keyboard and the chair.
>> Yes, I have alll these things. I can run PHP directly from the
>> browser and I also run without any problems from Netbeans. It's Live
>> Server that I couldn't get running in Visual Studio Code.
>>
>> I posted here because I thought one of the mnany PHP programmers here
>> might use VSCode as their IDE and could give me a little help with
>> Live Server. Because this does not seem to be the case, I will
>> continue with Netbeans. Thanks for trying to help.
>>
>>
>>
>> I posted here
>
> Were you able to get this working?

For issues with Live Stream visit:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ritwickdey.LiveServer

For issue with Apache config ask your question at:
alt.apache.configuration

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//Aho