Quick question about using the proxy page

Question

Does anyone know why this proxy page has to be in the root directory of my web server? Or does it?! Can't I just put it in the same directory with the rest of my scripts and change the proxy path reference inside the script?

Thanks!

MostafaAsadi · Answer

I see, thanks!

AlessioDi_Lorenzo · Answer

For PHP, unzip the file into the Web applications directory. For Apache installs of PHP, this would be a folder under "htdocs" in the Apache install location. For IIS installs, this would be a folder under "wwwroot".

The proxy page can be written in the programming/scripting language you decided to use, in your case this is PHP if I understood correctly. Your proxy page must be visible for the PHP interpreter, exactly like any other php script. In a default php installation this is under the webserver root.

MostafaAsadi · Answer

Thanks. I believe WebContent dir is the same as the root dir of your web server am I correct? In that case this means that the proxy file has to be in the root folder. But why can't it be anywhere on the same server?! Btw an article on ESRI confirms the statement that the said file has to be in the root folder:For PHP, unzip the file into the Web applications directory. For Apache installs of PHP, this would be a folder under "htdocs" in the Apache install location. For IIS installs, this would be a folder under "wwwroot".

Article:
http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/help/jshelp_start.htm#jshelp/ags_proxy.htm