Error 404

In danger of talking to myself now!! but I think this is something to do with the definition of the output directory.

Even though the paths were correct it didn't work.

BUT if I created a new alias "Select new virtual directory from list" then it works.

Not sure whether this is a bug or whether I am the bug!??

Andy,
nothing that affects output/virtual directories has changed lately.
Give me more info about this issue.
What directory you select on "Output directory" step?

What is the URL in your browser's address line when you getting 404 error?

Hi Sergey
This is what I do on the output directory page:

Specify my output directory to: C:\wamp\www\aa2\

Specify my website url as: http://localhost/aa2/index.htm
I then build the files.

If I then click on "Open output folder" that works fine and opens the newly created files in C:\wamp\www\aa2\

If I click on "View in Browser", my browser is directed to http://localhost/aa2/index.htm but it returns a 404 error.
However (this is wierd), if you add a "1" after the directory and type in http://localhost/aa21/index.htm, it works !!!
What? There is no C:\wamp\www\aa21\ directory!!
I can get round it but it's kind of wierd.

hi,
same problem. i have 3 directories: company, realestate, probe. when i create the files in probe i could not open my company or realestate sites. get the same error. whats happend. did not have the problem with 3.1.
greetings
sam

hi,
same problem. i have 3 directories: company, realestate, probe. when i create the files in probe i could not open my company or realestate sites. get the same error. whats happend. did not have the problem with 3.1.
greetings
sam

hi,
i have figured out the problem. every time when klick on build button on the "output directory", phpr write in to the "httpd.conf" from apache a virtual directory. so if you try to get the old website on your localhost, you will get the error 404.
solution is: make backup from "httpd.conf" then go to the original and delete on the end all virtual directories.
greeting
sam

Sam and Andy,
let me explain how it works.
For each project PHPRunner creates a virtual directory in Apache that points to your projects output directory. The purpose is to help people who decided to use default output folder (C:\Program files\PHPRunner4.0\Projects\Project1\output). PHPRunner creates a copy of httpd.conf (httpd.bak) in this case.
When you choose an output directory under Apache root directory and name it after the project name (C:\wamp\www\aa2\) PHPRunner creates a virtual directory named aa2 which leads to 404 error. In other words PHPRunner is not smart enough to understand that no virtual directory is required in this case.
I hope this makes some sense and will help you to avoid this confusion in the future.

hi Sergey,
i thing that it makes sence, but its good to know whats happend. thank you for responce.
greeting
sam

Hi Sergey
Thanks for the explanation. I have upgraded my installation of WAMP Server and the problem has resolved itself but good to know if it happens again.

Thanks for your support.