Originally posted by phpman
I have never had a host that had public_html, they always had www folder. so I assumed that public_html wasn't the web folder as www is always the web folder. so since he had that error I assumed that public didn't have access to anything like www should. that is a wierd setup if both folders are the same.
I've never had a host without both folders. www has always been a shortcut to public_html on all the hosts I've had, as well.