Newbie: Confusion over documentroot

[johnlochness]

Hi,

Just started out with Apache and have installed via xampp.

Apache, php and mysql all working fine, but I'm confused about how I define htdocs in my httpd file.

The install comes with documentRoot defined as DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs" which is needed to pick up the xampp control panels, including phpmysql, but all my web pages are defined in /my documents/my webs/ and I'd prefer to keep it that way.

How can I define both locations in my DocumentRoot.

Sorry if this is a dumb question but I've been searchin the web and these forums for hours and am getting no-where.

John

[Altrea]

If you want to have several different directorys served by Apache which aren't subdirectorys of each other, you had to define VirtualHosts. Otherwise Apache can't identify exactly which directory you request

[johnlochness]

Thank you, I understand now and have php, apache, mysql, phpmyadmin and dreamweaver all talking to each other.