I have Zend Server installed and noticed something like the following was added to my httpd.conf file:
<Location /ZendServer>
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from 127.0.0.1
</Location>
Alias /ZendServer "C:\Program Files\Zend\ZendServer\GUI\html"
<Directory "C:\Program Files\Zend\ZendServer\GUI\html">
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
But I can't seem to understand the difference between Location and Directory. I changed to something like the following, which makes more sense to me, and it still works:
<Location /ZendServer>
AllowOverride All
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from 127.0.0.1
</Location>
Alias /ZendServer "C:\Program Files\Zend\ZendServer\GUI\html"
Can I keep my changes or should I put it back the way it was?
Best Answer
Directory
directive works only for filesystem objects (e.g. /var/www/mypage, C:\www\mypage), whileLocation
directive works only for URLs (the part after your site domain name, e.g. www.mypage.com/mylocation).The usage is straightforward - you would use
Location
if you need to fine tune access rights by an URL, and you would useDirectory
if you need to control access rights to a directory (and its subdirectories) in the filesystem.