User Guide

4. Apache
 !
Document Root!
Click on

to select where your html/PHP files and images are stored. This directory is
called Document Root. The default Document Root in MAMP is:#
/Applications/MAMP/htdocs.!
!
!
5. Open Start Page!
#
The default MAMP start page provides links to access utilities such as phpMyAdmin,
phpInfo, SQLite Manager, phpLiteAdmin, FAQ, and the MAMP Website.!
!
The MAMP start page can be changed using Preferences…. When using the default
setting (/MAMP/), you will be directed to the MAMP utilities start page using the Alias
definition /MAMP/.!
#
If this field is left blank, you will be taken to your default document root (http://localhost:
8888 in the /Applications/MAMP/htdocs). If you enter /subDirectory in this field, you will be
taken to the /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/subDirectory folder via your default web browser
(http://localhost:8888/subDirectory) .$
8