Server set up of project with vhosts config - apache

Question

Zend framework is new to me and I'm working from a book so I can get a rudimentary grasp of things (book is Zend Framework A Beginners Guide).
I have my project set up and have created it in a folder called "test"
I have also added a vhost, vhosts file contains:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/Zend/Apache2/htdocs/test/public"
ServerName .localtest
# This should be omitted in the production environment
SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV development
<Directory "C:/Program Files/Zend/Apache2/htdocs/test/public">
DirectoryIndex index.php
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
I have called the vhosts file from within apaches conf file
I have also added a line to system32 hosts file:
127.0.0.1 test.localtest
My problem is that when I browse to http://test.localtest/ I get the zend server test page, when as from what I am reading I should be getting the Zend Framework projects Main Page splash, this I can reach by browsing to http://test.localtest/test/public/
Am I missing something?

Answer 1

Try changing
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/Zend/Apache2/htdocs/test/public"
ServerName .localtest
to
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/Zend/Apache2/htdocs/test/public"
ServerName test.localtest
EDIT
ok i have check on my system and it work perfectly, but i am using ubuntu hope this helps
edit this file
C:\Program Files\Zend\Apache2\conf (Zend Server on Windows machines)
and add this code
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName test.localtest
DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/Zend/Apache2/htdocs/test/public"
SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV "development"
<Directory "C:/Program Files/Zend/Apache2/htdocs/test/public">
DirectoryIndex index.php
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
then edit this file
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
and add this line
127.0.0.1 test.localtest
and then dont forget to restart you apache server (wamp or xampp or anything you are using)
and then open this link
http://test.localtest
try to write the url with http:// sometimes the browser does not work without http://
try it comment if it does not work

Answer 2

one thing most everyone misses is that Zf needs FollowSymlinks to work most of the time.
this is the directory definition I usually use in my vhosts
<directory "C:\www\project">
Options Indexes FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride all
Order Deny,Allow
Allow from all
</directory>
not sure how DirectoryIndex will affect this.
make sure mod_rewrite is enabled in Apache:
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so //make sure this line is uncommented httpd.conf
make vhosts is enabled in apache:
Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf //make sure this line is uncommented httpd.conf
make sure this line is present in your vhosts file usually above the vhosts definitions:
NameVirtualHost *:80