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Old 12-03-2012, 11:51 AM   PM User | #8
XmisterIS
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Originally Posted by felgall View Post
localhost is always the web server running on the device you are using. Presumably your phone isn't running a web server and you want to access the web server on your local computer - in which case just substitute the IP address of that computer and don't use 127.0.0.1

For example if the server is running on a computer with IP address 192.168.1.25 then on that computer 127.0.0.1, localhost and 192.168.1.25 all point to the same place but the only one that points to the web server on that computer from other devices is 192.168.1.25
*facepalm*

Yes, that's perfectly obvious now that you've pointed out the obvious!
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