Default type

I have apache set up to serve for a local intranet.

I have an "index.html" in the root folder.
If I type "http://myintranet/" into browser, the index.html page comes
up (note that "index.html" was NOT included in address)

I have apache set up to correctly serve .php pages (php as a module).
If I enter an explicit address ending ".php" the page is served fine.

Is there any way to set apache so that "http://myintranet/" would cause
apache to serve "index.php"?

I've tried setting "DefaultType application/x-httpd-php".

edit httpd.conf like for DirectoryIndex and add index.php to the end.

DirectoryIndex index.html index.html.var index.php

as it says in the httpd.conf comments - this will tell apache which doc
it should serve when it receives a directory request. if you'd rather it
serve the .php file than the .html file, delete the index.html file from
the line, or delete it from the directory.

-josh

"Joshua Nixon" <nixonjos@msu.edu> wrote in message
news:bdf682$38v$1@msunews.cl.msu.edu...
> edit httpd.conf like for DirectoryIndex and add index.php to the end.
>
> DirectoryIndex index.html index.html.var index.php
>
> as it says in the httpd.conf comments - this will tell apache which doc
> it should serve when it receives a directory request. if you'd rather it
> serve the .php file than the .html file, delete the index.html file from
> the line, or delete it from the directory.
>
> -josh
>
> This seems ok but when I alter my config file to serve index.mht all I get
is
> Invalid Syntax Error when I try to load the index file with my browser any
>ideas ?
>
Carl