What is the difference between the 'www' folder and 'htdocs' folder?
apache, html, php, web
Solution
There is no difference. You can configure Apache httpd to use any folder with appropriate permissions as the root server directory. www is just a conventional directory to use.
Problem
After I installed Apache on my web server there was created a folder called www. Whatever files like HTML and PHP files I put there it will be on my website. However, I followed one of the tutorial on YouTube and also even my own XAMPP folder has a htdocs folder which is the same as the www folder. When I put a file inside I can see it if I type its name after localhost. Is there any difference between these two? How have we defined these directories as a container of our files?