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Posted by Arnaud Schenk
Arnaud Schenk
Courses Plus Student 2,957 Points

Xampp with apache server error : "access forbidden"

Full error code from the log is :

[core:crit] [pid 68432] (13)Permission denied: [client ::1:49826] AH00529: /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/shirts4mike/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable and that '/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/shirts4mike/' is executable

I can see that the problem is in the permissions (defined in htaccess?), but I don't know who to give access to and how to do it.

2 Answers

Arnaud Schenk
Arnaud Schenk
Courses Plus Student 2,957 Points

Figured it out : just had to modify the permissions of the "shirts4mike" folder and all it's enclosing files to "Read/Write" for everyone. I then changed the constants BASE_URL & ROOT_PATH in config.php to be "../", instead of the root folder of the server.

Yay for figuring things out!

Arnaud Schenk
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Arnaud Schenk
Courses Plus Student 2,957 Points
Arnaud Schenk
Arnaud Schenk
Courses Plus Student 2,957 Points

So I figured out that the problem was the location of my files : they weren't at the root of htdocs. How do I modify htaccess in order to be able to have shirts4mike as a folder in my htdocs and still allow it to execute?