Difference between www and public_html?

[felgall]

@dannyman1234

I have placed files in the www directory, because from my old server i backed it up this way.

It reads only from the public_html, so the files in the www folder will not be shown when i type www.domain.com

Also i can place different files seperately in www and public_html so they show different files. NOT SAME at all. You need to put all your files in public_html otherwise it will not work. at least not by default

If you want www.example.com and example.com to display different pages then you set up a separate folder inside public_html (you can call it www or getlost or fixyou or whatever) and then set up the www sub-domain to point to that folder.

The www symlink outside of the public_html folder is just an alias for the public_html folder unless you break the link in which case it is useless for anything since it is outside of public_html.

[MikeDVB]

@felgall

If you want www.example.com and example.com to display different pages then you set up a separate folder inside public_html (you can call it www or getlost or fixyou or whatever) and then set up the www sub-domain to point to that folder.

The www symlink outside of the public_html folder is just an alias for the public_html folder unless you break the link in which case it is useless for anything since it is outside of public_html.

Absolutely.

[system]

@felgall

If you want www.example.com and example.com to display different pages then you set up a separate folder inside public_html (you can call it www or getlost or fixyou or whatever) and then set up the www sub-domain to point to that folder.

The www symlink outside of the public_html folder is just an alias for the public_html folder unless you break the link in which case it is useless for anything since it is outside of public_html.

You are right. But in any case you need to thing if you need that at all. Then Make decision.
I would not recommend to do that personally.

[felgall]

@WebhostGIANT-Rob

You are right. But in any case you need to thing if you need that at all. Then Make decision.
I would not recommend to do that personally.

I wasn’t recommending doing it - I was saying what would happen if it was done.