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PHP

Iona Ryder
Iona Ryder
159 Points
Posted by Iona Ryder
Iona Ryder
159 Points

Not all my files in htdoc are uploading to the index of localhost. When i upload some files it says 'forbidden'.

I have a folder 'htdocs' and several files inside it which make up my website. However, when I go to the index of my local host it only shows one of the pages of my webpage, and not the other two. When I have tried to upload some of them from the local host it just says 'forbidden'. I don't believe there's much of a difference between any of the files.

3 Answers

Daniel Sattler
Daniel Sattler
4,867 Points
Daniel Sattler
Daniel Sattler
4,867 Points

In Finder, go to your XAMPP install Folder, there you should see your htdocs folder. Right-Click on it -> Information and at the bottom you can see the rights... you can adjust them here... for htdocs on your local machine set all three to "read & write"

If you can´t click them, then you maybe need to click on the little Lock in the lower right corner and enter your admin password in order to be able to make changes.

Once this is done and you changed the permission, your FTP program should work just fine.

I hope this helped

Daniel Sattler
Daniel Sattler
4,867 Points
Daniel Sattler
Daniel Sattler
4,867 Points

When you say local host.... is it localhost on your online Server, or are you working local on your machine?

Iona Ryder
Iona Ryder
159 Points
Iona Ryder
Iona Ryder
159 Points

On my machine, I've downloaded XAMPP

Daniel Sattler
Daniel Sattler
4,867 Points
Daniel Sattler
Daniel Sattler
4,867 Points

are you using a Mac or Windows PC?

You have to change permission from within your OS, depend where you installed XAMPP it is possible that your FTP Programm does not have permission.

Iona Ryder
Iona Ryder
159 Points
Iona Ryder
Iona Ryder
159 Points

I'm using MAC, how would I go about changing the permission? Thanks