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How do I address a homepage on my local Apache server?

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eriku
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I have a local Apache server on my computer for program development purpose (HTML+PHP). In MS Explorer I address a program on that server like "http://localhost/VH_Safir-X/index.php". Firefox can not find anything by use of that address - how should it be written?

I have a local Apache server on my computer for program development purpose (HTML+PHP). In MS Explorer I address a program on that server like "http://localhost/VH_Safir-X/index.php". Firefox can not find anything by use of that address - how should it be written?

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I have tried the wanted address a number of times without result. I then tried "http://127.0.0.1", which worked. Tried the wanted address again, and now it worked! Life is interesting! Thank you, alco!

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user832823
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Hi eriku,
you should be able to access your pages with your address if your server is up and running. As long as you have access with ie with that address I don't see why you are not able to view the same pages with firefox. In case you have not changes your default localhost address, you could try with http://127.0.0.1
Please report back, so we could address your problem more precisely.

eriku
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Chosen Solution

I have tried the wanted address a number of times without result. I then tried "http://127.0.0.1", which worked. Tried the wanted address again, and now it worked! Life is interesting! Thank you, alco!