What is 127.0.0.1 ? how it is useful for you?

May 8, 2008



127.0.0.1 is the IP address of the web host installed at your Personal Computer. 127.0.0.1 is the website URL of those website that is hosted at your PC.

How 127.0.0.1 is useful ?

Suppose you want to have  your website like www.yourname.com. For having this domain you need to first register a domain name, then you need to upload your web page files to your webhost. The files uploaded will be your webpages at www.yourname.com

What if the webhost is at your computer itself ? This is possible, you need to download and install PHPNuke . After running PHP nuke, web host (web server) will run on your PC.

Put index file (index.php) at your “www” folder. Now type 127.0.0.1 in your browser, you will see the webpage that you kept at “www” folder.

This is a great, fast and free way to learn about website without spending money on webhost or without any need to connect with internet.

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