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PHP Using PHP with MySQL Limiting Records in SQL Queries Using LIMIT with Descending Order

Posted by durul
durul
62,690 Points

Forbidden. You don't have permission to access /shirts/ on this server.

Hello,

I am using Mac O.S X and MAMP Pro. When I clicked shirts button. Web page gives error message "Forbidden You don't have permission to access /shirts/ on this server. "

Another buttons work perfectly. I could not find my problem ?

thanks

3 Answers

Andrew Shook
Andrew Shook
31,709 Points
Andrew Shook
Andrew Shook
31,709 Points

Check to ownership and permissions of the file that servers up the shirts page.

durul
durul
62,690 Points
durul
durul
62,690 Points

Hello , which directory should I change permissions or ownership ? because I checked everything htdocs folder's sharing & permissions. everyone can read & write.

best regards

Muhammad Mohsen
Muhammad Mohsen
Courses Plus Student 10,843 Points

If shirts isn't a directory

then you need to make sure that its a valid url, maybe it's a slug generated by your application.

Josh Torres
Josh Torres
8,945 Points
Josh Torres
Josh Torres
8,945 Points

Sometimes you need to change the User and Group settings in your httpd.conf. I am not sure where that file is in MAMP Pro but it should be easy to find. It holds the configuration settings for the Apache server in MAMP. For my httpd.conf, I change the code below:

#User _www
#Group _www

User Josh
Group staff

I changed the User from _www to Josh, which is my user account name on my computer. Then I changed the Group to staff, which is generally the group that you will need to put.

Hope this helps!