Topic: 403 Errors on IE and not Firefox

[lazeelaker]

I’m having problems with 403 Errors on IE and not on Firefox. I’m running WinXP Pro SP2 with Apache 2.2.6 & PHP 5.2.4. Firefox behaves just as I would expect. Why is this occurring and what can I do to correct it?

This is a development environment that will eventually go live to a *nix server. Would this problem occur on the *nix server too?

Please note that I am very much a newbie. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

The current httpd.conf settings are:

[James Blond]

Did you change DocumentRoot or a BrowserMatch ?

[lazeelaker]

Thanks for the quick response.

DocumentRoot "C:/Apache/htdocs" and BrowserMatch does not exist in my conf file.

[James Blond]

is there any index file in that folder?

[lazeelaker]

No, there is not, but the file I am trying to access (http://localhost/content/partners.php) does exist.

I've checked every page in that folder. 4 display correctly.

1 is a mixture of PHP and HTML. This file's functionality is utilized on just about every file in this folder.
1 is just a PHP test file.
1 has an extension of .php but only contains html,
and the last is a simple .htm file.

As well, 1 file generates some PHP errors & "Directory index forbidden by Options directive: C:/Apache/htdocs/content/". This file is trying to access another folder in htdocs for an include.

[lazeelaker]

I've added an index.htm file to the content directory. My question is why does Apache default to the index file when I try other files in the folder by links as well as typing in the URL?

[James Blond]

Please remove the index file and change your config to:

<Directory "C:/Apache/htdocs">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

So that you can see your files.

[lazeelaker]

Done.

Now I'm getting the directory index for that folder. This occurs even on the url: http://localhost/content/about.php. The file parts_order.php works/displays like it should. Queries the database, parses the php, etc. All other php files cause the directory index. Any idea why?

Once again thanks for your help and patience.

Index of /content
Parent Directory
about.php
about.php.bak
contact.php
contact.php.bak
employees.php
employees.php.bak
equip_main.php
equip_main.php.bak
home.htm
index.htm.bak
installations.php
myNSC.php
myNSC.php.bak
news.php
news.php.bak
partners.php
partners.php.bak
parts_order.php
pricing.php
pricing.php.bak
test.php

[James Blond]

[lazeelaker]

You are correct. Any time I type in or click a URL for a functioning php file in this /content/ directory, I am getting back to the directory index instead.

[James Blond]

I think, that inside the PHP there is a redirect programed. But I don't know the scripts