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Creating Dynamic Pages 12

Can I organize my files in the server’s root

directory?

Yes. You can — and should — have subfolders for

documents and images and any other assets, just

as you would for a static site. You simply need to

ensure that all of the site’s assets are either directly

in the server root or in a subfolder of the root.

Do I always need to type http://localhost in

order to access my site?

Yes. PHP pages must be processed by PHP in order

to work, and only your Web server can pass the

pages to PHP for that processing. You thus need to

request the page from the server, which is done by

accessing it via http://localhost.

Test the Page in a Browser

1 Open your Web browser to
http://localhost/?, replacing
? with the filename you used
in Step 5.

● The browser displays the

page.

5 Type a filename.

Note: Be sure to add the .php
extension.

6 Click Save.

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