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ftp to local host

Asked by: dr_roose

Hi All,
I have installed WAMP on my XP Pro machine and I was able to create and access a local database using phpMyAdmin.  Now I would like to upload my html and php code to the localhost to test it but I am not able to connect via filezilla ftp.  I believe the problem is that I don't have either a valid username or password required to ftp to the localhost; and I can find no way to create a user and password for the localhost.
Can anyone help?
Thsnks
Dick Roose

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Answers

 

by: PriceDPosted on 2009-08-13 at 19:54:27ID: 25094945

R u trying to ftp to the XP Pro computer?

 

by: dr_roosePosted on 2009-08-13 at 20:02:25ID: 25094967

Hi PriceD, Yes I am the XP Pro Windows OS using the Filezilla ftp program.

 

by: PriceDPosted on 2009-08-13 at 20:08:33ID: 25094994

When you say local host....do you mean you own computer.  Just your statement is a little confusing.  You have files on your PC which is an XP Pro computer and which to ftp them to another computer over the web?

 

by: dr_roosePosted on 2009-08-13 at 21:03:27ID: 25095173

Hi PriceD.
I have WAMP installed on my computer which includes an apache server whick is configured as the localhost on my PC.  Although I have never used a localhost before I believe the localhost is supposed to act exactly as a web server on a remote site.  To use a remote site you need to upload the source files to the root directory (i.e. index.htm or index.php, etc.).  To use the localhost it is necessary to tranfer the source files to the root directory on the localhost (local computer) just af if they were being transfered to a remote site.
I believe the only difference between ftping to a remote site and to a localhost is that you use "localhost" as the host name instead of a URL or a web address.  You would still need a valid user name and password and that is where I think my problem is.  I have no idea what to use as a username and password because I can find no way to set a username and password for the localhost.

Thanks
Dick Roose

 

by: eviningPosted on 2009-08-13 at 21:26:35ID: 25095263

correct me if im wrong, but isnt apache a http server, and ur trying to connect with it using a a ftp server? whats wrong with this picture?

 

by: eviningPosted on 2009-08-13 at 21:27:10ID: 25095266

ftp client i meant

 

by: eviningPosted on 2009-08-13 at 21:29:55ID: 25095272

i see apache has ftp now, sorry, im out of date, if u do indeed have the ftp server

 

by: eviningPosted on 2009-08-13 at 21:31:53ID: 25095275

it lloks like the apache ftp is an add-on to the regular apache server

 

by: eviningPosted on 2009-08-13 at 21:35:42ID: 25095283

from what i read WAMP doesnt natively have FTP capability, u have to add a separate FTP server, or try to add the apache ftp server module

 

by: dr_roosePosted on 2009-08-13 at 23:07:22ID: 25095564

Hi All,
If you cannot ftp to local host, how do you get the html and php code into the root directory of the localhost? Then how do you access it to test your code?

Thanks
Dick

 

by: eviningPosted on 2009-08-13 at 23:13:14ID: 25095584

the computer u are typing on now is the localhost, isnt it. just copy ur files directly into the root dir
but before u can handle ftp requests from outside or locally, u will have to install a ftp server
the apache is to handle serving webpages, not ftp

 

by: PriceDPosted on 2009-08-14 at 12:50:09ID: 25101716

If you want to "test" to see if the web pages are  working, you should have some type of web enable program on your PC.  With Windows XP Pro you can install IIS, which allows you to use your computer like a web server (if you will).  Once you install IIS, you copy your files to the root directory by just doing a select all, copy and paste them in the IIS root.

 

by: lesouefPosted on 2009-08-14 at 13:03:20ID: 25101823

just for confirmation, no ftp in wamp, so needs to be installed separately.
but what for? if you work locally, whay the hell would you use ftp??
just move your files in /htdocs

 

by: dr_roosePosted on 2009-08-14 at 14:34:48ID: 31615642

Thanks All, I just copied my code to the root directory of the localhost

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